KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 4:10
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
WEB World English Bible
The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
ASV American Standard Version
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Philistines fight, and Israel is smitten, and they flee each to his tents, and the blow is very great, and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 4
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.
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וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּH3898 · la.chamto fightפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineוַיִּנָּ֤גֶףH5062 · na.gaphto strikeיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙H5127 · nusto fleeאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanלְאֹהָלָ֔יוH168 · o.heltentוַתְּהִ֥יH1961 · ha.yahto beהַמַּכָּ֖הH4347 · mak.kahwoundגְּדוֹלָ֣הH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeמְאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchוַיִּפֹּל֙H5307 · na.phalto fall: fallמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyאֶ֖לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandרַגְלִֽי׃H7273 · rag.lion foot
Cross-references
1 Samuel 4:2And 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.2 Kings 14:12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.Leviticus 26:17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.Psalm 78:60-64So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;2 Samuel 18:17And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.Isaiah 10:3-6And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?Psalm 78:9The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.2 Chronicles 13:17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.2 Samuel 19:8Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.2 Samuel 18:7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand [men].2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.1 Kings 22:36And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.2 Chronicles 25:22And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.1 Kings 12:16So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither [have we] inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.2 Chronicles 28:5-6Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
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