1 Samuel 4:7-12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ they panicked. ‘A god has entered their camp! ’ they said. ‘Woe to us! Nothing like this has happened before. ⁸ Woe to us! Who will rescue us from these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. ⁹ Show some courage and be men, Philistines!^(A) Otherwise, you’ll serve the Hebrews just as they served you.^(B) Now be men and fight! ’

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated,^(C) and each man fled to his tent.^(D) The slaughter was severe – thirty thousand of the Israelite foot soldiers fell. ¹¹ The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.^(E)

Eli’s Death and Ichabod’s Birth

¹² That same day, a Benjaminite man ran^(F) from the battle and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn,^(G) and there was dirt on his head.