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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.
Israel
Bible References
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.