In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilised the Arameans and went up to Aphek to battle Israel.
1 Samuel 4:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And Samuel’s words came to all Israel. Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer while the Philistines camped at Aphek. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND THE word of [the Lord through] Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines and encamped beside Ebenezer; the Philistines encamped at Aphek. American Standard Version (1901) And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. Common English Bible And Samuel’s word went out to all Israel. In those days the Philistines gathered for war against Israel, so Israel went out to engage the Philistines in war. Israel camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that, in those days, the Philistines assembled to fight. And Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle, and he made camp beside the Stone of Assistance. But the Philistines went to Aphek, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And 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, |
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilised the Arameans and went up to Aphek to battle Israel.
The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those twenty-seven thousand remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room in the city.
‘All of you are standing today before the Lord your God #– #your leaders, tribes, elders, officials, all the men of Israel,
in the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians to Aphek and as far as the border of the Amorites;
Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob #– #twenty-two cities, with their settlements.
But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him, “You must set a king over us.” Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.’
The Philistines brought all their military units together at Aphek while Israel was camped by the spring in Jezreel.
The Lord said to Samuel, ‘I am about to do something in Israel that will cause everyone who hears about it to shudder. ,
The Philistines lined up in battle formation against Israel, and as the battle intensified, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
Afterwards, Samuel took a stone and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, explaining, ‘The Lord has helped us to this point.’