1 Samuel 4:10

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Summary

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

Every man

A very great

General references

1 Samuel 31:6

Bible References

Every man

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

We have no portion in David,
no inheritance in Jesse’s son.
Each man to his tent, Israel!

When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him:

What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
Israel, return to your tents;
David, now look after your own house!

So Israel went to their tents,

Then the cry rang out in the army as the sun set, declaring:

Each man to his own city,
and each man to his own land!

Judah was routed before Israel, and everyone fled to his own tent.

A very great

The people of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day—20,000 casualties.

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 choice men of Israel were killed.

So the Lord his God handed Ahaz over to the king of Aram. He attacked him and took many captives to Damascus.

Ahaz was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck him with great force:

What will you do on the day of punishment
when devastation comes from far away?
Who will you run to for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?

General references

So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.