1 Samuel 4:2

Good News Translation

The Philistines attacked, and after fierce fighting they defeated the Israelites and killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:40

Let us examine our ways and turn back to the Lord.

Leviticus 26:37

You will stumble over one another when no one is chasing you, and you will be unable to fight against any enemy.

Numbers 14:45

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived there attacked and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hormah.

Joshua 7:12

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They retreat from them because they themselves have now been condemned to destruction! I will not stay with you any longer unless you destroy the things you were ordered not to take!

1 Samuel 17:21

The Philistine and the Israelite armies took positions for battle, facing each other.

1 Samuel 17:8

Goliath stood and shouted at the Israelites, “What are you doing there, lined up for battle? I am a Philistine, you slaves of Saul! Choose one of your men to fight me.

1 Samuel 4:1

At that time the Philistines gathered to go to war against Israel, so the Israelites set out to fight them. The Israelites set up their camp at Ebenezer and the Philistines at Aphek.

1 Samuel 4:10

The Philistines fought hard and defeated the Israelites, who went running to their homes. There was a great slaughter: thirty thousand Israelite soldiers were killed.

1 Samuel 4:3

When the survivors came back to camp, the leaders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord let the Philistines defeat us today? Let's go and bring the Lord's Covenant Box from Shiloh, so that he will go with us and save us from our enemies.”