1 Samuel 4:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² And the Philistines were afraid, saying: God is come into the camp. And sighing, they said:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The Philistines drew up against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was smitten by the Philistines, who slew about 4,000 men on the battlefield.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

Common English Bible

² The Philistines readied themselves to fight Israel. When the battle was joined, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² and they positioned their troops against Israel. Then, when the conflict began, Israel turned his back to the Philistines. And they were cut down in that conflict, in various places in the fields, about four thousand men.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Samuel 4:2 Cross References

Lamentations 3:40

8 Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Leviticus 26:37

2 And I will remember my covenant, that I made with Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham. I will remember also the land:

Numbers 14:45

And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every lamb,

Joshua 7:12

7 Which being brought by its families, it was found to be the family of Zare. Bringing that also by the houses, he found it to be Zabdi.

1 Samuel 17:21

6 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: What shall be given to the man that shall kill this Philistine, and shall take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

1 Samuel 17:8

3 And his three eldest sons followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle, were Eliab the firstborn, and the second Abinadab, and the third Samma.

1 Samuel 4:1

And 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.

1 Samuel 4:10

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

1 Samuel 4:3

Woe 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.