4 And Samuel's word came to all Israel. The Philistines Capture the Ark. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines.

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines.

And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth shook.

The Philistines Capture the Ark. 4 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines.

1 Samuel 4 · 1And Samuel's words went out to all the people of Israel. · 2The Philistines attacked and defeated the army of Israel, killing 4,000 men. · 4So ...

After a fierce struggle Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.

David Guzik commentary on 1 Samuel 4 describes how the Ark of the Covenant is captured by the Philistines, and the sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, die.

1 Samuel 4 And Samuel's word came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, ...

1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped ...

The Philistines Capture the Ark. 1Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at ...