CHAPTER EXPLORER
1 Samuel 4
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22 verses in KJV · 146 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 1 Samuel 4 (KJV)
4:1 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.
4:2 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.
4:3 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.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1141 BC
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