1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger answered, “Israel has fled from the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

1 Samuel 3:11

The Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel that everyone who hears about it will shudder.

1 Samuel 4:10-11

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was severe—30,000 of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.

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Summary

And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

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Israel

1 Samuel 4:10
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was severe—30,000 of the Israelite foot soldiers fell.
1 Samuel 3:11
The Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel that everyone who hears about it will shudder.

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