American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And the word[H1697] of Samuel[H8050] came to all Israel[H3478]. Now Israel[H3478] went out[H3318] against[H7125] the Philistines[H6430] to battle[H4421], and encamped[H2583] beside Eben-ezer[H72]: and the Philistines[H6430] encamped[H2583] in Aphek[H663].

2. And the Philistines[H6430] put themselves in array[H6186] against[H7125] Israel[H3478]: and when they joined[H5203] battle[H4421], Israel[H3478] was smitten[H5062] before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430]; and they slew[H5221] of the army[H4634] in the field[H7704] about four[H702] thousand[H505] men[H376].

3. And when the people[H5971] were come[H935] into the camp[H4264], the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478] said[H559], Wherefore hath Jehovah[H3068] smitten[H5062] us to-day[H3117] before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430]? Let us fetch[H3947] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] out of Shiloh[H7887] unto us[H935], that it may come among[H7130] us[H3467], and save us out of the hand[H3709] of our enemies[H341].

4. So the people[H5971] sent[H7971] to Shiloh[H7887]; and they brought[H5375] from thence the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], who sitteth[H3427] above the cherubim[H3742]: and the two[H8147] sons[H1121] of Eli[H5941], Hophni[H2652] and Phinehas[H6372], were there with the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of God[H430].

5. And when the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] came[H935] into the camp[H4264], all Israel[H3478] shouted[H7321] with a great[H1419] shout[H8643], so that the earth[H776] rang again[H1949].

6. And when the Philistines[H6430] heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of the shout[H8643], they said[H559], What meaneth the noise[H6963] of this great[H1419] shout[H8643] in the camp[H4264] of the Hebrews[H5680]? And they understood[H3045] that the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068] was come[H935] into the camp[H4264].

7. And the Philistines[H6430] were afraid[H3372], for they said[H559], God[H430] is come[H935] into the camp[H4264]. And they said[H559], Woe[H188] unto us[H865]! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

8. Woe[H188] unto us[H5337]! who shall deliver us out of the hand[H3027] of these mighty[H117] gods[H430]? these are the gods[H430] that smote[H5221] the Egyptians[H4714] with all manner of plagues[H4347] in the wilderness[H4057].

9. Be strong[H2388], and quit[H1961] yourselves like men[H582], O ye Philistines[H6430], that ye be not servants[H5647] unto the Hebrews[H5680], as they have been[H5647] to you[H1961]: quit yourselves like men[H582], and fight[H3898].

10. And the Philistines[H6430] fought[H3898], and Israel[H3478] was smitten[H5062], and they fled[H5127] every man[H376] to his tent[H168]: and there was a very[H3966] great[H1419] slaughter[H4347]; for there fell[H5307] of Israel[H3478] thirty[H7970] thousand[H505] footmen[H7273].

11. And the ark[H727] of God[H430] was taken[H3947]; and the two[H8147] sons[H1121] of Eli[H5941], Hophni[H2652] and Phinehas[H6372], were slain[H4191].

12. And there ran[H7323] a man[H376] of Benjamin[H1144] out of the army[H4634], and came[H935] to Shiloh[H7887] the same day[H3117], with his clothes[H4055] rent[H7167], and with earth[H127] upon his head[H7218].

13. And when he came[H935], lo[H5941], Eli was sitting[H3427] upon his seat[H3678] by the wayside[H3027] watching[H6822]; for his heart[H3820] trembled[H2730] for the ark[H727] of God[H430]. And when the man[H376] came[H935] into the city[H5892], and told[H5046] it[H5892], all the city cried out[H2199].

14. And when Eli[H5941] heard[H8085] the noise[H6963] of the crying[H6818], he said[H559], What meaneth the noise[H6963] of this tumult[H1995]? And the man[H376] hasted[H4116], and came[H935] and told[H5046] Eli[H5941].

15. Now Eli[H5941] was ninety[H8673] and eight[H8083] years[H8141] old[H1121]; and his eyes[H5869] were set[H6965], so that he could[H3201] not see[H7200].

16. And the man[H376] said[H559] unto Eli[H5941], I am he that came[H935] out of the army[H4634], and I fled[H5127] to-day[H3117] out of the army[H4634]. And he said[H559], How went the matter[H1697], my son[H1121]?

17. And he[H1319] that brought the tidings answered[H6030] and said[H6030], Israel[H3478] is fled[H5127] before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430], and there hath been also a great[H1419] slaughter[H4046] among the people[H5971], and thy two[H8147] sons[H1121] also[H2652], Hophni and Phinehas[H6372], are dead[H4191], and the ark[H727] of God[H430] is taken[H3947].

18. And it came to pass[H2142], when he made mention of the ark[H727] of God[H430], that Eli fell[H5307] from off his seat[H3678] backward[H322] by[H1157] the side[H3027] of the gate[H8179]; and his neck[H4665] brake[H7665], and he died[H4191]: for he was an old[H2204] man[H376], and heavy[H3513]. And he had judged[H8199] Israel[H3478] forty[H705] years[H8141].

19. And his daughter-in[H3618]-law, Phinehas[H6372]' wife[H802], was with child[H2030], near to be delivered[H3205]: and when she heard[H8085] the tidings[H8052] that[H413] the ark[H727] of God[H430] was taken[H3947], and that her father-in[H2524]-law and her husband[H376] were dead[H4191], she bowed[H3766] herself and brought forth[H3205]; for her pains[H6735] came upon her[H2015].

20. And about the time[H6256] of her death[H4191] the women that stood[H5324] by her said[H1696] unto her[H3372], Fear not[H3205]; for thou hast brought forth a son[H1121]. But she answered[H6030] not[H7896], neither did she regard it.

21. And she named[H7121] the child[H5288] Ichabod[H350], saying[H559], The glory[H3519] is departed[H1540] from Israel[H3478]; because[H413] the ark[H727] of God[H430] was taken[H3947], and because of her father-in[H2524]-law and her husband[H376].

22. And she said[H559], The glory[H3519] is departed[H1540] from Israel[H3478]; for the ark[H727] of God[H430] is taken[H3947].