09:003:019 And Samuel grew, and the lord was
with him, and did let none
of
his words fall to the ground.
09:003:020 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba
knew that Samuel was
established
to be a prophet of the lord.
09:003:021 And the lord appeared again in Shiloh:
for the lord revealed
himself
to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the lord.
09:004:001 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel.
Now Israel went out
against
the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside
Ebenezer:
and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
09:004:002 And the Philistines put themselves in array
against Israel:
and
when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before
the
Philistines:
and they slew of the army in the field about four
thousand
men.
09:004:003 And when the people were come into the
camp, the elders of
Israel
said, Wherefore hath the lord smitten us to day
before
the
Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant
of the
lord
out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us,
it
may
save us out of the hand of our enemies.
09:004:004 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they
might bring from
thence
the ark of the covenant of the lord of hosts,
which
dwelleth
between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli,
Hophni
and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant
of
God.
09:004:005 And when the ark of the covenant of the
lord came into the
camp,
all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the
earth
rang
again.
09:004:006 And when the Philistines heard the noise
of the shout, they
said,
What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp
of
the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark
of the lord
was
come into the camp.
09:004:007 And the Philistines were afraid, for they
said, God is come
into
the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there
hath not
been
such a thing heretofore.
09:004:008 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of
the hand of these
mighty
Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with
all
the plagues in the wilderness.
09:004:009 Be strong and quit yourselves like men,
O ye Philistines, that
ye
be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been
to you:
quit
yourselves like men, and fight.
09:004:010 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.


