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1 Samuel 4:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Philistines did fight. They killed thirty thousand Israelite soldiers, and all the rest ran off to their homes.

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They threw Absalom's body into a deep pit in the forest and put a big pile of rocks over it. Meanwhile, the people of Israel had all run back to their own homes.

Battles were being fought all over the forest, and David's soldiers were winning. Twenty thousand soldiers were killed that day, and more of them died from the dangers of the forest than from the fighting itself.

David got up and went to the town gate and sat down. When the people heard that he was sitting there, they came to see him. After Israel's soldiers had all returned home,

A troublemaker from the tribe of Benjamin was there. His name was Sheba the son of Bichri, and he blew a trumpet to get everyone's attention. Then he said, “People of Israel, David the son of Jesse doesn't belong to us! Let's go home.”

As the sun was going down, someone in Israel's army shouted to the others, “Retreat! Go back home!”

During the battle, Judah's army was crushed. Every soldier from Judah ran back home,

five hundred thousand enemy troops.

During the battle, Judah's army was crushed. Every soldier from Judah ran back home,

The warriors from Ephraim were armed with arrows, but they ran away when the battle began.

Go to Shiloh, where my sacred tent once stood. Take a look at what I did there. My people Israel sinned, and so I destroyed Shiloh!

and I will turn from you and let you be destroyed by your attackers. You will even run at the very rumour of attack.

Israel, today I am giving you the laws and teachings of the LORD your God. And if you don't obey them all, he will put many curses on you.

The LORD will let you be defeated by your enemies, and you will scatter in all directions. You will be a horrible sight for the other nations to see,

The LORD said: Samuel, I am going to do something in Israel that will shock everyone who hears about it!

The Philistines made a fierce attack. They defeated the Israelites and killed about four thousand of them.




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