1 Samuel 4:6-11

New International Version

⁶ Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew^(A) camp?”

When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, ⁷ the Philistines were afraid.^(B) “A god has^[a] come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. ⁸ We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck^(C) the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues^(D) in the wilderness. ⁹ Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they^(E) have been to you. Be men, and fight!”

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated^(F) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. ¹¹ The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.^(G)