1 Samuel 4:1 - Easy To Read Version

¹ News about Samuel spread through all of Israel. Eli was very old. His sons kept doing bad things before the Lord. [40]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ 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,

1 Samuel 4:1 Cross References

1 Kings 20:26

So in the spring, Ben Hadad gathered the people of Aram. He went to Aphek to fight against Israel.

1 Kings 20:30

The survivors ran away to the city of Aphek. The wall of the city fell on 27,000 of those soldiers. Ben Hadad also ran away to the city. He hid in a room.

Deuteronomy 29:10

“Today all of you are standing here before the Lord your God. Your leaders, your officials, your elders (leaders), and all the other men are here.

Joshua 12:18

the king of Aphek1 the king of Sharon1

Joshua 13:4

who live south of the Canaanite land.

Joshua 15:53

Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,

Joshua 19:30

Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob.

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God. Your God saves you from all your troubles and problems. But you said, ‘No, we want a king to rule us.’ Now come, stand before the Lord in your families and family groups.”

1 Samuel 29:1

The Philistines gathered all their soldiers at Aphek. The Israelites camped by the spring at Jezreel.

1 Samuel 3:11

The Lord said to Samuel, “I will soon do something in Israel. People who hear about it will be shocked.

1 Samuel 4:2

The Philistines prepared to attack Israel. The battle began.

1 Samuel 5:1

The Philistines carried God’s Holy Box, [55] from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 7:12

After this, Samuel set up a special stone. {He did this to help people remember the things God did.} Samuel put the stone between Mizpah and Shen. [87] Samuel named the stone “Stone of Help.” [88] Samuel said, “The Lord helped us all the way to this place!”