Thematic Bible: Defeats of
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He gathered to himself the {Ammonites and Amalekites}, and he went and defeated Israel, and they took possession of the city of palms.
{Saul was in the thick of the battle}, and {the archers} spotted him, and he [was] badly wounded by the archers.
Then the messenger answered and said, "Israel has fled before [the] Philistines. There has been a great defeat among the troops. Also, your two sons have died, Hophni and Phinehas, and the ark of God has been captured."
So about three thousand from the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
[The] Philistines lined up for the battle to meet Israel, and the battle was prolonged until Israel was defeated before [the] Philistines, {who} killed about four thousand men {on the battlefield}.
Then David said to him, "{How did things go}? Please tell me." He answered, "{When} the army fled from the battle, and many of the people fell; also, Saul and Jonathan his son died."
You have caused us to pull back from [the] enemy, and [so] those who hate us have plundered for themselves.