09:004:011 And the ark of God was taken; and the two
sons of Eli, Hophni
and
Phinehas, were slain.
09:004:012 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of
the army, and came to
Shiloh
the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth
upon
his
head.
09:004:013 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat
by the wayside
watching:
for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And
when
the
man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried
out.
09:004:014 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying,
he said, What
meaneth
the noise of this tumult? And the man came in
hastily,
and
told Eli.
09:004:015 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old;
and his eyes were dim,
that
he could not see.
09:004:016 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that
came out of the army,
and
I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What
is there
done,
my son?
09:004:017 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.
09:004:018 And it came to pass, when he made mention
of the ark of God,
that
he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the
gate,
and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an
old man,
and
heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
09:004:019 And his daughter in law, Phinehas’
wife, was with child, near
to
be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that
the ark
of
God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband
were
dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains
came
upon
her.
09:004:020 And about the time of her death the women
that stood by her
said
unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son.
But she
answered
not, neither did she regard it.
09:004:021 And she named the child Ichabod, saying,
The glory is departed
from
Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and
because of
her
father in law and her husband.
09:004:022 And she said, The glory is departed from
Israel: for the ark
of
God is taken.
09:005:001 And the Philistines took the ark of God,
and brought it from
Ebenezer
unto Ashdod.
09:005:002 When the Philistines took the ark of God,
they brought it into
the
house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
09:005:003 And when they of Ashdod arose early on
the morrow, behold,
Dagon
was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark
of
the
lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in
his place again.


