1 Samuel 4 - Israeli Authorized Version

¹ And the word of Shmuel came to all Yisrael. Now Yisrael went out against the Plishtim to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Plishtim pitched in Aphek.

² And the Plishtim put themselves in array against Yisrael: and when they joined battle, Yisrael was smitten before the Plishtim: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

³ And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Yisrael said, Wherefore hath YY smitten us to day before the Plishtim? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of YY out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

⁴ So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of YY -TZvaot, which dwelleth between the keruvims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Pinchas, were there with the ark of the covenant of Elohim.

⁵ And when the ark of the covenant of YY came into the camp, all Yisrael shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

⁶ And when the Plishtim heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of YY was come into the camp.

⁷ And the Plishtim were afraid, for they said, Elohim is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

⁸ Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty elohim? these are the elohim that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

⁹ Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Plishtim, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

¹⁰ And the Plishtim fought, and Yisrael was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Yisrael thirty thousand footmen.

¹¹ And the ark of Elohim was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Pinchas, were slain.

¹² And there ran a man of Binyamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

¹³ And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of Elohim. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

¹⁴ And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

¹⁵ Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

¹⁶ And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?

¹⁷ And the messenger answered and said, Yisrael is fled before the Plishtim, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Pinchas, are dead, and the ark of Elohim is taken.

¹⁸ And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of Elohim, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Yisrael forty years.

¹⁹ And his daughter in law, Pinchas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of Elohim was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

²⁰ And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

²¹ And she named the child Ikhavod, saying, The glory is departed from Yisrael: because the ark of Elohim was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

²² And she said, The glory is departed from Yisrael: for the ark of Elohim is taken.