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description: "\"And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines\" — Read 1 Samuel 4:2 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## 1 Samuel 4:2 in Context (Verses 1–5 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/1-samuel/4/1) And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.*
 
 [2 ](/kjv/1-samuel/4/2) And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.**
 
 [3 ](/kjv/1-samuel/4/3) ¶ And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/1-samuel/4/4) So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth *between* the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, *were* there with the ark of the covenant of God.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/1-samuel/4/5) And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
 
[1 Samuel 3](/kjv/1-samuel/3) [1 Samuel 5](/kjv/1-samuel/5)

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