KJV King James Version
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.
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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 Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the word of Samuel is to all Israel, and Israel goeth out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamp by Eben-Ezer, and the Philistines have encamped in Aphek,
Surrounding context — 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 Ebenezer: 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֥יH1961 · ha.yahto beדְבַר־H1697 · da.varwordשְׁמוּאֵ֖לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuelלְכָל־H3605 · kolallיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיֵּצֵ֣אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeיִשְׂרָאֵל֩H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלִקְרַ֨אתH7122 · qa.rato encounter: meetפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineלַמִּלְחָמָ֗הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleוַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙H2583 · cha.nahto campעַל־H5921 · aluponהָאֶ֣בֶןH72 · e.ven ha.e.zerEbenezerהָעֵ֔זֶרH72 · e.ven ha.e.zerEbenezerוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineחָנ֥וּH2583 · cha.nahto campבַאֲפֵֽק׃H663 · a.pheqAphek
Cross-references
1 Samuel 29:1Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which [is] in Jezreel.1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.1 Samuel 5:1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.Joshua 19:30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.1 Samuel 3:11And 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.Joshua 15:53And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,1 Kings 20:30But 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 Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.Joshua 12:18The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
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