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1 Samuel · read by L.E. Maxwell
11 verses, in order. Only the verses L.E. read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 4
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The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies."Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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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.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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Eli heard the outcry and asked, "Why this commotion?" So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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"I have just come from the battle," the man said to Eli. "I fled from there today." "What happened, my son?" Eli asked.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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The messenger answered, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured."Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
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As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival
1 Samuel 7
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Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab's house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.Read from KJV · Ancient Revival