1And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight: and Israel went out to war against the Philistines, and camped by the Stone of help. And the Philistines came to Aphec,

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1 Samuel 29:1, 1 Samuel 29:1, 1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 5:1

2And put their army in array against Israel. And when they had joined battle, Israel turned their backs to the Philistines: and there were slain in that fight, here and there in the fields, about four thousand men.

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Lamentations 3:40, Lamentations 3:40, Psalms 44:9, Psalms 44:10, 1 Samuel 17:8

3And the people returned to the camp: and the ancients of Israel said: Why hath the Lord defeated us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Silo, and let it come in the midst of us, that it may save us from the hand of our enemies.

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1 Corinthians 10:1, 1 Corinthians 10:5, 1 Corinthians 10:1, 1 Corinthians 10:5, Joshua 6:4

4So the people sent to Silo, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, sitting upon the cherubims: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were with the ark of the covenant of God.

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2 Samuel 6:2, 2 Samuel 6:2, Psalms 80:1, Numbers 7:89, Psalms 80:1

5And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, and the earth rang again.

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Joshua 6:5, Joshua 6:5, Job 20:5, Joshua 6:20, Jeremiah 7:4

6And the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, and they said: What is this noise of a great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

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Exodus 32:17, Exodus 32:18, Exodus 32:17, Exodus 32:18

7And the Philistines were afraid, saying: God is come into the camp. And sighing, they said:

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Exodus 14:25, Deuteronomy 32:30, Exodus 15:14, Exodus 15:16, Exodus 14:25

8Woe to us: for there was no such great joy yesterday, and the day before: Woe to us. Who shall deliver us from the hand of these high Gods? these are the Gods that struck Egypt with all the plagues in the desert.

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Exodus 7:5, Psalms 78:43, Psalms 78:51, Exodus 9:14, Exodus 7:5

9Take courage, and behave like men, ye Philistines: lest you come to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have served you: take courage and fight.

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1 Corinthians 16:13, Judges 13:1, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Judges 13:1, 2 Samuel 10:12

10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was overthrown, and every man fled to his own dwelling: and there was an exceeding great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

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Deuteronomy 28:25, 1 Samuel 4:2, 2 Kings 14:12, Leviticus 26:17, Deuteronomy 28:25

11And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.

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1 Samuel 2:34, 1 Samuel 2:34, Psalms 78:64, Psalms 78:64, Isaiah 3:11

12And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Silo the same day, with his clothes rent, and his head strewed with dust.

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Joshua 7:6, Joshua 7:6, 2 Samuel 15:32, Nehemiah 9:1, 2 Samuel 1:2

13And when he was come, Heli sat upon a stool over against the way, watching. For his heart was fearful for the ark of God. And when the man was come into the city, he told it: and all the city cried out.

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1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Samuel 4:18, 1 Samuel 4:18, Psalms 79:1

14And Heli heard the noise of the cry, and he said: What meaneth the noise of this uproar? But he made haste, and came, and told Heli.

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15Now Heli was ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see.

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1 Samuel 3:2, 1 Samuel 3:2, Genesis 27:1, 1 Kings 14:4, Psalms 90:10

16And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?

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2 Samuel 1:4, 2 Samuel 1:4, Joshua 7:19, 1 Samuel 3:6, Joshua 7:19

17And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of God is taken.

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1 Samuel 3:11, 1 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Samuel 3:11, 1 Samuel 4:10

18And when he had named the ark of God, he fell from his stool backwards by the door, and broke his neck and died. For he was an old man, and far advanced in years: And he judged Israel forty years.

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1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22, 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22, 1 Peter 4:17

19And his daughter in law, the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden.

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20And when she was upon the point of death, they that stood about her said to her: Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. She answered them not, nor gave heed to them.

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John 16:21, Psalms 77:2, Genesis 35:17, Genesis 35:18, John 16:21

21And she called the child Ichabod, saying: The glory is gone from Israel, because the ark of God was taken, and for her father in law, and for her husband:

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Psalms 26:8, Psalms 26:8, Psalms 78:61, Psalms 78:61, Jeremiah 2:11

22And she said: The glory is departed from Israel, because the ark of God was taken.

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John 2:17, Psalms 137:5, Psalms 137:6, John 2:17, Psalms 137:5