{"id":1323,"date":"2026-08-18T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/1samuel4-5\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:16:18","slug":"1samuel4-5","status":"publish","type":"bible-event-page","link":"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/1samuel4-5\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Samuel 4-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><head><meta content=\"text\/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">@import url(https:\/\/themes.googleusercontent.com\/fonts\/css?kit=dpiI8CyVsrzWsJLBFKehGpLhv3qFjX7dUn1mYxfCXhI);ol{margin:0;padding:0}table td,table th{padding:0}.c8{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:12pt;border-bottom-width:0pt;padding-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.15;border-bottom-style:solid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify}.c0{background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:12pt;padding-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:justify}.c9{padding-top:0pt;padding-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left;height:11pt}.c4{font-size:8.5pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#008ae6;font-weight:700}.c2{font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\";color:#001320;font-weight:400}.c6{color:#001320;font-weight:700;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Roboto\"}.c5{color:#008ae6;font-size:8.5pt;font-style:italic}.c3{text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:normal}.c7{background-color:#ffffff;max-width:468pt;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.c1{color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit}.c10{height:11pt}.title{padding-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-size:26pt;padding-bottom:3pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}.subtitle{padding-top:0pt;color:#666666;font-size:15pt;padding-bottom:16pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}li{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:\"Arial\"}p{margin:0;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:\"Arial\"}h1{padding-top:20pt;color:#000000;font-size:20pt;padding-bottom:6pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h2{padding-top:18pt;color:#000000;font-size:16pt;padding-bottom:6pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h3{padding-top:16pt;color:#434343;font-size:14pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h4{padding-top:14pt;color:#666666;font-size:12pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h5{padding-top:12pt;color:#666666;font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}h6{padding-top:12pt;color:#666666;font-size:11pt;padding-bottom:4pt;font-family:\"Arial\";line-height:1.15;page-break-after:avoid;font-style:italic;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left}<\/style>\n<p><\/head><body class=\"c7 doc-content\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c8\"><span class=\"c3 c6\">The Philistines Capture the Ark<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-1.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830339584&amp;usg=AOvVaw3OdInwy_7-FVINZBolOSR_\">1<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c2\">Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek. <\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-2.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830340309&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Duj04f2u96TUcMY8Isn7I\">2<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-3.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830341190&amp;usg=AOvVaw3kGRM4Omm1kM6MRqI14VjW\">3<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, &ldquo;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<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830341971&amp;usg=AOvVaw3NoarSqMLE6NBdZ-ONH-YF\">a<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">&nbsp;with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-4.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830342481&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xhDqSd81xJEvcbM7Fx8vx\">4<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-5.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830343489&amp;usg=AOvVaw0K9nzh3WFGTRfi05rGvBhb\">5<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-6.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830344272&amp;usg=AOvVaw0L2tbk0hryWawjfS_tgkgo\">6<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, &ldquo;What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c2\">And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp, <\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-7.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830345174&amp;usg=AOvVaw2iM2PvNh1mcqbqk3c3k2Kc\">7<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">the Philistines were afraid. &ldquo;The gods have entered<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830345569&amp;usg=AOvVaw2N79KGk9FNK_V0gtH7CMbD\">b<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">&nbsp;their camp!&rdquo; they said. &ldquo;Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before. <\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-8.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830346015&amp;usg=AOvVaw00-RgJz1SCtWN-uwt8TXkt\">8<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. <\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-9.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830346715&amp;usg=AOvVaw30N4z7uqpb3KQmqNXFQwxY\">9<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-10.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830347405&amp;usg=AOvVaw1FFxUWZ4oOHoHTONtXWFnb\">10<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great&mdash;thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. <\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-11.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830348123&amp;usg=AOvVaw15mNiJBrxHMNye9c1bDo9U\">11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">The ark of God was captured, and Eli&rsquo;s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c8\"><span class=\"c6 c3\">The Death of Eli<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-12.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830348841&amp;usg=AOvVaw2z21MiHgB9bgxhItaxqyeu\">12<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. <\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-13.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830349386&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fg_Do4IVPO-cOby3q_5_6\">13<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c2 c3\">When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-14.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830350378&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ti8NtcXuZZHmjtT_HTz6L\">14<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">Eli heard the outcry and asked, &ldquo;Why this commotion?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c2\">So the man hurried over and reported to Eli. <\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-15.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830351030&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Ljl_vOnkr7z03oXk3NyC5\">15<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-16.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830351542&amp;usg=AOvVaw0kAOBpuOTOPWx5Iy0PYDSY\">16<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">&ldquo;I have just come from the battle,&rdquo; the man said to Eli. &ldquo;I fled from there today.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c2 c3\">&ldquo;What happened, my son?&rdquo; Eli asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-17.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830352242&amp;usg=AOvVaw0oIL1ADzYCEsT7V1rsGklZ\">17<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">The messenger answered, &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-18.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830353106&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lsedBVAAtuICYYaDF0_Eb\">18<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">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<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830353776&amp;usg=AOvVaw2eor9Wok8j71sAMs6Mm6Pa\">c<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">&nbsp;Israel forty years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-19.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830354117&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ZkLG2TJm6iB7-Q8Q9qkfA\">19<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">Now Eli&rsquo;s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God&rsquo;s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-20.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830355088&amp;usg=AOvVaw1xjgkZo0_dlA6c_6-PxP9m\">20<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">As she was dying, the women attending to her said, &ldquo;Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c2\">But she did not respond or pay any heed. <\/span><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-21.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830355971&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ThxkfysozirORy-fZOkBB\">21<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">And she named the boy Ichabod,<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830356240&amp;usg=AOvVaw1kO2QXAFQ2zJTZtYcuLwJs\">d<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2\">&nbsp;saying, &ldquo;The glory has departed<\/span><span class=\"c5\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4.htm%23fn&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830356515&amp;usg=AOvVaw0p7AUOdHN5h1ZNON7E02-G\">e<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">&nbsp;from Israel,&rdquo; because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0\"><span class=\"c4\"><a class=\"c1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/biblehub.com\/1_samuel\/4-22.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=editors&amp;ust=1754251830357073&amp;usg=AOvVaw3yanQBABiCW5P28prJSzWq\">22<\/a><\/span><span class=\"c2 c3\">&ldquo;The glory has departed from Israel,&rdquo; she said, &ldquo;for the ark of God has been captured.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0 c10\"><span class=\"c2 c3\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c0 c10\"><span class=\"c6 c3\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c9\"><span class=\"c2 c3\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1323","bible-event-page","type-bible-event-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Philistines Capture the Ark1Thus 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. 2The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mtmoriahaoh.org\/index.php\/bible-event\/1samuel4-5\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mt. 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