1 Samuel 4:8-12
1 Samuel 4:8
Woe to us! Who will save us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
1 Samuel 4:9
Take courage and be men, Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; so be men and fight!”
1 Samuel 4:10
So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the defeat was very great, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
1 Samuel 4:11
Moreover, the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
1 Samuel 4:12
Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn, and dust on his head.