1 Samuel 4:1
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.
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- BSB
- Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- DARBY
- And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- BLB
- And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. And Israel went out to meet the Philistines in the battle, and they encamped beside Eben-ezer. And the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- ÅB
- Og Samuels ord kom til hele Israel, og Israel dro ut for å stride mot filistrene; de leiret seg ved Eben-Eser, og filistrene leiret seg i Afek.
- OTB
- Og Samuels ord ble spredt over hele Israel. Nå dro israelittene ut for å kjempe mot filisterne. De slo leir ved Eben-Eser, og filisterne slo leir ved Afek.
- B1930
- Og Samuels ord kom til hele Israel, og Israel drog ut for å stride mot filistrene; de leiret sig ved Eben-Eser, og filistrene leiret sig i Afek.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 29:1
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
Read in context1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Read in context1 Samuel 5:1
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
Read in contextJoshua 12:18
The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
Read in context1 Kings 20:30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
Read in contextJoshua 15:53
And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
Read in contextJoshua 19:30
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
Read in context1 Samuel 3:11
And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
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