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1 Samuel 4:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Samuel would announce the Lord’s message to all the people of Israel. When Eli was very old, his sons lived more and more in a way the Lord considered evil. At that time the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites made their camp at Ebenezer. The Philistines made their camp at Aphek.

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Meanwhile, the Philistines had gathered all of their army camps at Aphek. The Israelites were camped by the spring near Jezreel.

After this Samuel set up a special stone to help people remember what God did. Samuel put the stone between Mizpah and Shen and named the stone “Stone of Help.” Samuel said, “The Lord helped us all the way to this place.”

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

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 and hid in a room.

The Lord said to Samuel, “I will soon do things in Israel that will shock anyone who hears about them.

Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. In all there were 22 towns and the fields around them.

Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,

the king of Aphek, the king of Sharon,

who live south of the Canaanite land. And you must still go north to take Mearah, which the Sidonians control. From there you must still go as far as Aphek on the Amorite border.

The Philistines lined up their soldiers in front of the Israelites and began the attack. The Philistines defeated the Israelites. They killed about 4000 soldiers from Israel’s army.

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

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 family groups and tribes.”

So in the spring, Ben-Hadad gathered the men of Aram and went to Aphek to fight against Israel.




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