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World English Bible

1 Samuel 4 (WEBP)

[1] The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
[2] The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.
[3] When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let’s get the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us and save us out of the hand of our enemies.”
[4] So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
[5] When the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.
[6] When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” They understood that Yahweh’s ark had come into the camp.
[7] The Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp.” They said, “Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.
[8] Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
[9] Be strong and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”
[10] The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
[11] God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
[12] A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
[13] When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.
[14] When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?” The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
[15] Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.
[16] The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.” He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”
[17] He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”
[18] When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
[19] His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.
[20] About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she didn’t answer, neither did she regard it.
[21] She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
[22] She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”

1 Samuel 4:21 “Ichabod” means “no glory”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 4 (KJVS)

[1] And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] 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.
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
[7] 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.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[10] 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.
[11] And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
[12] 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.
[13] 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.
[14] 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.
[15] Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
[16] 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?
[17] 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.
[18] 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.
[19] 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.
[20] 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.
[21] And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
[22] And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

1 Samuel 4:1 Or, came to pass. Heb. was
1 Samuel 4:2a Heb. the battle was spread
1 Samuel 4:2b Heb. the array
1 Samuel 4:3 Heb. take unto us
1 Samuel 4:7 Heb. yesterday, or the third day
1 Samuel 4:9 Heb. be men
1 Samuel 4:11 Heb. died
1 Samuel 4:15 Heb. stood
1 Samuel 4:16 Heb. is the thing
1 Samuel 4:19a Or, to cry out
1 Samuel 4:19b Heb. were turned
1 Samuel 4:20 Heb. set not her heart
1 Samuel 4:21a That is, where is the glory? Or, There is no glory
1 Samuel 4:21b Or, there is no glory

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 4 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις () καὶ () συναθροίζονται () ἀλλόφυλοι () εἰς () πόλεμον () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ· () καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () Ισραηλ () εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () αὐτοῖς () εἰς () πόλεμον () καὶ () παρεμβάλλουσιν ἐπὶ () Αβενεζερ, καὶ () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () παρεμβάλλουσιν ἐν () Αφεκ.
[2] Καὶ () παρατάσσονται οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () εἰς () πόλεμον () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ· () καὶ () ἔκλινεν () ὁ () πόλεμος, () καὶ () ἔπταισεν () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () ἐνώπιον () ἀλλοφύλων, () καὶ () ἐπλήγησαν () ἐν () τῇ () παρατάξει ἐν () ἀγρῷ () τέσσαρες () χιλιάδες () ἀνδρῶν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () ὁ () λαὸς () εἰς () τὴν () παρεμβολήν, () καὶ () εἶπαν () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () Ισραηλ () Κατὰ () τί () ἔπταισεν () ἡμᾶς () κύριος () σήμερον () ἐνώπιον () ἀλλοφύλων; () Λάβωμεν () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν () ἐκ () Σηλωμ, καὶ () ἐξελθέτω () ἐν () μέσῳ () ἡμῶν () καὶ () σώσει () ἡμᾶς () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ἐχθρῶν () ἡμῶν. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ὁ () λαὸς () εἰς () Σηλωμ, καὶ () αἴρουσιν () ἐκεῖθεν () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () κυρίου () καθημένου () χερουβιμ· () καὶ () ἀμφότεροι () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ηλι () μετὰ () τῆς () κιβωτοῦ, () Οφνι καὶ () Φινεες.
[5] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ὡς () ἦλθεν () κιβωτὸς () κυρίου () εἰς () τὴν () παρεμβολήν, () καὶ () ἀνέκραξεν () πᾶς () Ισραηλ () φωνῇ () μεγάλῃ, () καὶ () ἤχησεν () ἡ () γῆ. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἤκουσαν () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () τῆς () κραυγῆς, () καὶ () εἶπον () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () Τίς () ἡ () κραυγὴ () ἡ () μεγάλη () αὕτη () ἐν () παρεμβολῇ () τῶν () Εβραίων; () Καὶ () ἔγνωσαν () ὅτι () κιβωτὸς () κυρίου () ἥκει () εἰς () τὴν () παρεμβολήν. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐφοβήθησαν () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () καὶ () εἶπον () Οὗτοι () οἱ () θεοὶ () ἥκασιν () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὴν () παρεμβολήν· () οὐαὶ () ἡμῖν· () ἐξελοῦ () ἡμᾶς, () κύριε, () σήμερον, () ὅτι () οὐ () γέγονεν () τοιαύτη () ἐχθὲς () καὶ () τρίτην. ()
[8] Οὐαὶ () ἡμῖν· () τίς () ἐξελεῖται () ἡμᾶς () ἐκ () χειρὸς () τῶν () θεῶν () τῶν () στερεῶν () τούτων; () Οὗτοι () οἱ () θεοὶ () οἱ () πατάξαντες () τὴν () Αἴγυπτον () ἐν () πάσῃ () πληγῇ () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ. ()
[9] Κραταιοῦσθε () καὶ () γίνεσθε () εἰς () ἄνδρας, () ἀλλόφυλοι, () μήποτε () δουλεύσητε () τοῖς () Εβραίοις, () καθὼς () ἐδούλευσαν () ἡμῖν, () καὶ () ἔσεσθε () εἰς () ἄνδρας () καὶ () πολεμήσατε () αὐτούς. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐπολέμησαν () αὐτούς· () καὶ () πταίει () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἔφυγεν () ἕκαστος () εἰς () σκήνωμα () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἐγένετο () πληγὴ () μεγάλη () σφόδρα, () καὶ () ἔπεσαν () ἐξ () Ισραηλ () τριάκοντα () χιλιάδες () ταγμάτων. ()
[11] Καὶ () κιβωτὸς () θεοῦ () ἐλήμφθη, () καὶ () ἀμφότεροι () υἱοὶ () Ηλι () ἀπέθανον, () Οφνι καὶ () Φινεες.
[12] Καὶ () ἔδραμεν () ἀνὴρ () Ιεμιναῖος ἐκ () τῆς () παρατάξεως καὶ () ἦλθεν () εἰς () Σηλωμ ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ, () καὶ () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ () διερρηγότα, () καὶ () γῆ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἦλθεν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () Ηλι () ἐκάθητο () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () δίφρου παρὰ () τὴν () πύλην () σκοπεύων τὴν () ὁδόν, () ὅτι () ἦν () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτοῦ () ἐξεστηκυῖα () περὶ () τῆς () κιβωτοῦ () τοῦ () θεοῦ· () καὶ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν () ἀπαγγεῖλαι, () καὶ () ἀνεβόησεν () ἡ () πόλις. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Ηλι () τὴν () φωνὴν () τῆς () βοῆς () καὶ () εἶπεν () Τίς () ἡ () βοὴ () τῆς () φωνῆς () ταύτης; () Καὶ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () σπεύσας () εἰσῆλθεν () καὶ () ἀπήγγειλεν () τῷ () Ηλι. ()
[15] Καὶ () Ηλι () υἱὸς () ἐνενήκοντα () ἐτῶν, () καὶ () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () αὐτοῦ () ἐπανέστησαν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔβλεπεν· () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ηλὶ () τοῖς () ἀνδράσιν () τοῖς () περιεστηκόσιν () αὐτῷ () Τίς () ἡ () φωνὴ () τοῦ () ἤχους () τούτου; ()
[16] Καὶ () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () σπεύσας () προσῆλθεν () πρὸς () Ηλι () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Ἐγώ () εἰμι () ὁ () ἥκων () ἐκ () τῆς () παρεμβολῆς, () κἀγὼ () πέφευγα () ἐκ () τῆς () παρατάξεως σήμερον. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Τί () τὸ () γεγονὸς () ῥῆμα, () τέκνον; ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () τὸ () παιδάριον () καὶ () εἶπεν () Πέφευγεν () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () ἐκ () προσώπου () ἀλλοφύλων, () καὶ () ἐγένετο () πληγὴ () μεγάλη () ἐν () τῷ () λαῷ, () καὶ () ἀμφότεροι () οἱ () υἱοί () σου () τεθνήκασιν, () καὶ () ἡ () κιβωτὸς () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐλήμφθη. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () ἐμνήσθη () τῆς () κιβωτοῦ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () δίφρου ὀπισθίως ἐχόμενος () τῆς () πύλης, () καὶ () συνετρίβη () ὁ () νῶτος () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν, () ὅτι () πρεσβύτης () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () καὶ () βαρύς· () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἔκρινεν () τὸν () Ισραηλ () εἴκοσι () ἔτη. ()
[19] Καὶ () νύμφη () αὐτοῦ () γυνὴ () Φινεες συνειληφυῖα () τοῦ () τεκεῖν· () καὶ () ἤκουσεν () τὴν () ἀγγελίαν () ὅτι () ἐλήμφθη () ἡ () κιβωτὸς () τοῦ () θεοῦ () καὶ () ὅτι () τέθνηκεν () ὁ () πενθερὸς () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ὤκλασεν καὶ () ἔτεκεν, () ὅτι () ἐπεστράφησαν () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () ὠδῖνες () αὐτῆς. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () αὐτῆς () ἀποθνῄσκει, () καὶ () εἶπον () αὐτῇ () αἱ () γυναῖκες () αἱ () παρεστηκυῖαι () αὐτῇ () Μὴ () φοβοῦ, () ὅτι () υἱὸν () τέτοκας· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀπεκρίθη, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐνόησεν () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτῆς. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () παιδάριον () Οὐαὶ () βαρχαβωθ ὑπὲρ () τῆς () κιβωτοῦ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () καὶ () ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () πενθεροῦ () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () ἀνδρὸς () αὐτῆς. ()
[22] Καὶ () εἶπαν () Ἀπῴκισται δόξα () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τῷ () λημφθῆναι () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () κυρίου. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.