1 Samuel 4:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:40

Let’s examine and probe our ways, and turn back to the  Lord.

1 Samuel 17:21

Israel and the Philistines lined up in battle formation facing each other.

1 Samuel 17:8

He stood and shouted to the Israelite battle formations, ‘Why do you come out to line up in battle formation? ’ He asked them, ‘Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul?  Choose one of your men and make him come down against me.

Joshua 7:12

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction.  I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you what is set apart.

1 Samuel 4:1

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.

1 Samuel 4:3

When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, ‘Why did the Lord defeat us today before the Philistines?  Let’s bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh. Then it  will go with us and save us from our enemies.’

1 Samuel 4:10

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated,  and each man fled to his tent.  The slaughter was severe #– #thirty thousand of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.

Leviticus 26:37

They will stumble over one another as if fleeing from a sword though no one is pursuing them. You will not be able to stand against your enemies.

Numbers 14:45

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them as far as Hormah.