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1 Samuel 4:9-13

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.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road keeping watch, because his heart was anxious about the ark of God. And the man came to give a report in the city, and all the city cried out.