44 (A)But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither (B)the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp.

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43 So I spoke to you, and you would not listen; but you rebelled against the command of the Lord and (A)presumptuously went up into the hill country.

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And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here (A)from Shiloh, that it[a] may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.” So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, (B)who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

As soon as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel (C)gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded. And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, “What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” And when they learned that the ark of the Lord had come to the camp, the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. (D)Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews (E)as they have been to you; be men and fight.”

10 So the Philistines fought, (F)and Israel was defeated, (G)and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 (H)And the ark of God was captured, (I)and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:3 Or he

And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and (A)the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

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30 (A)But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

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33 So they set out from (A)the mount of the Lord three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days' journey, to seek out (B)a resting place for them.

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