1 Samuel 4:7

New American Bible - revised edition

the Philistines were frightened, crying out, “Gods have come to their camp. Woe to us! This has never happened before.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:30

“How could one rout a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, Unless it was because their Rock sold them, the Lord delivered them up?”

Exodus 14:25

and he so clogged their chariot wheels that they could drive only with difficulty. With that the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from Israel, because the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”

1 Samuel 4:6

The Philistines, hearing the uproar, asked, “What does this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” On learning that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp,

1 Samuel 4:8

Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with various plagues in the desert.

Exodus 14:14

The Lord will fight for you; you have only to keep still.”