1 Samuel 4:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² And the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Yisra’ĕ

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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.

1 Samuel 4:2 Cross References

Lamentations 3:40

Let us search and examine our ways, And turn back to יהוה.

Leviticus 26:37

‘And they shall stumble over one another, as from before a sword, when no one pursues. And you shall be unable to stand before your enemies.

Numbers 14:45

So the Amalĕ

Joshua 7:12

“And the sons of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 17:21

And Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 17:8

And he stood and shouted to the armies of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 4:1

Thus the word of Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 4:10

And the Philistines fought, and Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 4:3

And when the people came into the camp, the elders of Yisra’ĕ