Dual Panel1Samuel <08050> revealed the word <01697> of the Lord to all <03605> Israel <03478>. Then the Israelites <03478> went out <03318> to fight <04421> <07122> the Philistines <06430>. They camped <02583> at Ebenezer <072>, and the Philistines <06430> camped <02583> at Aphek <0663>.
2The Philistines <06430> arranged <06186> their forces to fight <07122> Israel <03478>. As the battle <04421> spread out <05203>, Israel <03478> was defeated <05062> by <06440> the Philistines <06430>, who killed <05221> about four <0702> thousand <0505> men <0376> in the battle line <04634> in the field <07704>.
3When the army <05971> came <0935> back to <0413> the camp <04264>, the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> said <0559>, “Why <04100> did the Lord <03068> let us be defeated <05062> today <03117> by <06440> the Philistines <06430>? Let’s take <03947> with us the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068> from Shiloh <07887>. When it is with <07130> us, it will save <03467> us from the hand <03709> of our enemies <0341>.
4So the army <05971> sent <07971> to Shiloh <07887>, and they took <05375> from there <08033> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03069> of hosts <06635> who sits <03427> between the cherubim <03742>. Now the two <08147> sons <01121> of Eli <05941>, Hophni <02652> and Phineas <06372>, were there <08033> with <05973> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of God <0430>.
5When <01961> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068> arrived <0935> at the camp <04264>, all <03605> Israel <03478> shouted <08643> so loudly <01419> that the ground <0776> shook <01949>.
6When the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> the sound <06963> of the shout <08643>, they said <0559>, “What <04100> is this loud <01419> shout <08643> in the camp <04264> of the Hebrews <05680>?” Then they realized <03045> that <03588> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> had arrived <0935> at <0413> the camp <04264>.
7The Philistines <06430> were scared <03372> because <03588> they thought <0559> that gods <0430> had come <0935> to <0413> the camp <04264>. They said <0559>, “Too bad <0188> for <03588> us! We’ve never <03808> seen <01961> anything like this <02063>!
8Too bad <0188> for us! Who <04310> can deliver <05337> us from the hand <03027> of these <0428> mighty <0117> gods <0430>? These <0428> are the gods <0430> who struck <05221> the Egyptians <04714> with all <03605> sorts of plagues <04347> in the desert <04057>!
9Be strong <02388> and act <01961> like men <0376>, you Philistines <06430>, or else <06435> you will wind up serving <05647> the Hebrews <05680> the way they have served <05647> you! Act <01961> like men <0376> and fight <03898>!”
10So the Philistines <06430> fought <03898>. Israel <03478> was defeated <05062>; they <0376> all ran <05127> home <0168>. The slaughter <04347> was <01961> very <03966> great <01419>; thirty <07970> thousand <0505> foot soldiers <07273> fell <05307> in battle.
11The ark <0727> of God <0430> was taken <03947>, and the two <08147> sons <01121> of Eli <05941>, Hophni <02652> and Phineas <06372>, were killed <04191>.
12On that <01931> day <03117> a Benjaminite <01144> <0376> ran <07323> from the battle lines <04634> and came <0935> to Shiloh <07887>. His clothes <04055> were torn <07167> and dirt <0127> was on <05921> his head <07218>.
13When he arrived <0935> in Shiloh, Eli <05941> was sitting <03427> in <05921> his chair <03678> watching <06822> by the side of the road <01870>, for <03588> he was <01961> very worried <02730> <03820> about <05921> the ark <0727> of God <0430>. As the man <0376> entered <0935> the city <05892> to give his report <05046>, the whole <03605> city <05892> cried out <02199>.
14When Eli <05941> heard <08085> the outcry <06818> <06963>, he said <0559>, “What <04100> is this <02088> commotion <01995> <06963>?” The man <0376> quickly <04116> came <0935> and told <05046> Eli <05941>.
15Now Eli <05941> was ninety-eight <08083> <08673> years <08141> old <01121> and his eyes <05869> looked straight ahead <06965>; he was unable <03201> <03808> to see <07200>.
16The man <0376> said <0559> to <0413> Eli <05941>, “I <0595> am the one who came <0935> from <04480> the battle lines <04634>! Just today <03117> I <0589> fled <05127> from <04480> the battle lines <04634>!” Eli asked <0559>, “How <04100> did things <01697> go <01961>, my son <01121>?”
17The messenger <01319> replied <06030>, “Israel <03478> has fled <05127> from <06440> the Philistines <06430>! The army <05971> has suffered <04046> a great <01419> defeat <04046>! Your two <08147> sons <01121>, Hophni <02652> and Phineas <06372>, are dead <04191>! The ark <0727> of God <0430> has been captured <03947>!”
18When <01961> he mentioned <02142> the ark <0727> of God <0430>, Eli fell <05307> backward <0322> from <05921> his chair <03678> beside <03027> <01157> the gate <08179>. He broke <07665> his neck <04665> and died <04191>, for <03588> he <0376> was old <02204> and heavy <03515>. He <01931> had judged <08199> Israel <03478> for forty <0705> years <08141>.
19His daughter-in-law <03618>, the wife <0802> of Phineas <06372>, was pregnant <02030> and close to <0413> giving birth <03205>. When she heard <08085> that the ark <0727> of God <0430> was captured <03947> and that her father-in-law <02524> and her husband <0376> were dead <04191>, she doubled over <03766> and gave birth <03205>. But her labor pains <06735> were too much <02015> for her.
20As <06256> she was dying <04191>, the women who were <05324> there with <05921> her said <01696>, “Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>! You have given birth <03205> to a son <01121>!” But she did not <03808> reply <06030> or <03808> pay <03820> <07896> any attention <03820> <07896>.
21She named <07121> the boy <05288> Ichabod <0350>, saying <0559>, “The glory <03519> has departed <01540> from Israel <03478>,” referring to <0413> the capture <03947> of the ark <0727> of God <0430> and the deaths of her father-in-law <02524> and her husband <0376>.
22She said <0559>, “The glory <03519> has departed <01540> from Israel <03478>, because <03588> the ark <0727> of God <0430> has been captured <03947>.”