1 Samuel 4
4:1And came to pass the word of Samuel to all Israel. And the Philistines gathered together for war against Israel; and Israel went forth to meet them for war. And they camped at Ebenezer. And the Philistines camped in Aphek.
4:2And the Philistines deployed for war against Israel. And the war leaned one way, and the men of Israel failed before the Philistines. And there was struck in the battle array in the field four thousand men.
4:3And the people came into the camp. And the elders of Israel said, Why is it so the lord devestated us today before the Philistines? We should take to us the ark of the covenant of the lord from out of Shiloh, and let it come forth in our midst! and it will deliver us from the hand of our enemies.
4:4And the people sent unto Shiloh, and they lifted from there the ark of covenant of the lord of the forces, which sits upon the cherubim. And both the sons of Eli were with the ark of the covenant of God -- Hophni and Phinehas.
4:5And it came to pass as the ark of the covenant of the lord came into the camp, that all Israel shouted aloud with a great voice, and the earth resounded.
4:6And the Philistines heard the sound of the cry. And they said, What is the sound of the cry -- this great one in the camp of the Hebrews? And they knew that the ark of the lord comes into the camp.
4:7And the Philistines feared, and said, This their God comes to them into the camp.
4:8Woe to us, rescue us, O Master, today! for it happened not thus yesterday nor the third day before. Woe to us, who shall rescue us from out of the hand of these substantial gods? These are the gods striking Egypt in every calamity, and in the wilderness.
4:9Fortify, and become as men, O Philistines! so that you should not serve to the Hebrews, as they served us; and you shall be men and wage war against them.
4:10And the Philistines waged war against them; and every man of Israel failed before the Philistines, and each fled unto his tent. And there came to pass an exceedingly great calamity; and there fell from Israel thirty thousand from the ranks.
4:11And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Eli died -- Hophni and Phinehas.
4:12And there ran a man of Benjamin from out of the battle array, and he came into Shiloh on that day; and his garments were torn up, and earth was upon his head.
4:13And he came. And behold, Eli sat upon his chair by the gate watching the way, for his heart was receded on account of the ark of God. And the man entered into the city to report. And the whole city yelled out.
4:14And Eli heard the sound of the yelling, and said, What is this sound of yelling? And the man hastening, entered and reported to Eli.
4:15And Eli was a son ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were weighed down, and he did not see.
4:16And Eli said to the men, to the ones standing around him, What is the report of this sound? And the man hastening, came forward to Eli, and he said to him, I am the one having come from the camp, and I have fled from the battle array today. And Eli said, What is the thing taking place child?
4:17And the servant-lad answered, and said, Every man of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and a great calamity has happened among the people, and both of your sons have died, and the ark of God was taken.
4:18And it happened as the ark of God was mentioned, that he fell from the chair backwardly, being next to the gate, and his back was broken, and he died, for the man was old and heavy; and he judged Israel forty years.
4:19And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, having conceived to give birth, when she heard the message that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law has died, and her husband; that she wept and gave birth, for her birth pangs turned upon her.
4:20And in the time she was going to die, that the women standing beside her said to her, Do not fear! for you have birthed a son. But she did not answer, and did not comprehend in her heart.
4:21And she called the boy, Ichabod, for the ark of God, and for her father-in-law, and for her husband.
4:22And she said, The glory has been resettled from Israel, for the ark of God was taken.