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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
The Philistines fought and defeated Israel. Every Israelite soldier fled to his tent. It was a major defeat in which thirty thousand Israelite foot soldiers died.
1 Samuel 3:11
Jehovah said to Samuel: I will do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears it tingle.