1The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.stylus1 Samuel 29:1, 1 Samuel 29:1, 1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 5:12The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was struck before the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men.stylusLamentations 3:40, Lamentations 3:40, Psalms 44:9, Psalms 44:10, 1 Samuel 17:83When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the Lord struck us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies."stylus1 Corinthians 10:1, 1 Corinthians 10:5, 1 Corinthians 10:1, 1 Corinthians 10:5, Joshua 6:44So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who sits above the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.stylus2 Samuel 6:2, 2 Samuel 6:2, Psalms 80:1, Numbers 7:89, Psalms 80:15When the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.stylusJoshua 6:5, Joshua 6:5, Job 20:5, Joshua 6:20, Jeremiah 7:46When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, "What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" They understood that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp.stylusExodus 32:17, Exodus 32:18, Exodus 32:17, Exodus 32:187The Philistines were afraid, for they said, "God has come into the camp." They said, "Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.stylusExodus 14:25, Deuteronomy 32:30, Exodus 15:14, Exodus 15:16, Exodus 14:258Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.stylusExodus 7:5, Psalms 78:43, Psalms 78:51, Exodus 9:14, Exodus 7:59Be strong, and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!"stylus1 Corinthians 16:13, Judges 13:1, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Judges 13:1, 2 Samuel 10:1210The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.stylusDeuteronomy 28:25, 1 Samuel 4:2, 2 Kings 14:12, Leviticus 26:17, Deuteronomy 28:2511The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.stylus1 Samuel 2:34, 1 Samuel 2:34, Psalms 78:64, Psalms 78:64, Isaiah 3:1112There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.stylusJoshua 7:6, Joshua 7:6, 2 Samuel 15:32, Nehemiah 9:1, 2 Samuel 1:213When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.stylus1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Samuel 1:9, 1 Samuel 4:18, 1 Samuel 4:18, Psalms 79:114When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, "What does the noise of this tumult mean?" The man hurried, and came and told Eli.stylus15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.stylus1 Samuel 3:2, 1 Samuel 3:2, Genesis 27:1, 1 Kings 14:4, Psalms 90:1016The man said to Eli, "I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army." He said, "How did the matter go, my son?"stylus2 Samuel 1:4, 2 Samuel 1:4, Joshua 7:19, 1 Samuel 3:6, Joshua 7:1917He who brought the news answered, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."stylus1 Samuel 3:11, 1 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Samuel 3:11, 1 Samuel 4:1018It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.stylus1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22, 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22, 1 Peter 4:1719His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered. When she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.stylus20About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, "Do not be afraid; for you have given birth to a son." But she did not answer, neither did she regard it.stylusJohn 16:21, Psalms 77:2, Genesis 35:17, Genesis 35:18, John 16:2121She named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel"; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.stylusPsalms 26:8, Psalms 26:8, Psalms 78:61, Psalms 78:61, Jeremiah 2:1122She said, "The glory has departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken."stylusJohn 2:17, Psalms 137:5, Psalms 137:6, John 2:17, Psalms 137:5