1 And Samuel's word came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek.2 The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield.3 When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why did the LORD bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the LORD's covenant from Shiloh, so that he may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies."4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.5 When the ark of the LORD's covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook.6 Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, "What's all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?" When they learned that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp,7 the Philistines were afraid. "A god has "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 the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.9 Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be men, and fight!"10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated 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.12 That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust on his head.13 When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, "What is the meaning of this uproar?" The man hurried over to Eli,15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes had failed so that he could not see.16 He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"17 The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led "Israel forty years.19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains.20 As she was dying, the women attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay any attention.21 She named the boy Ichabod, "saying, "The Glory has departed from Israel" —because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.22 She said, "The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."

1 Et factum est in diebus illis, convenerunt Philisthiim in pugnam : et egressus est Isral obviam Philisthiim in prlium, et castrametatus est juxta lapidem Adjutorii. Porro Philisthiim venerunt in Aphec, 2 et instruxerunt aciem contra Isral. Inito autem certamine, terga vertit Isral Philisthis : et csa sunt in illo certamine passim per agros, quasi quatuor millia virorum. 3 Et reversus est populus ad castra : dixeruntque majores natu de Isral : Quare percussit nos Dominus hodie coram Philisthiim ? afferamus ad nos de Silo arcam fderis Domini, et veniat in medium nostri, ut salvet nos de manu inimicorum nostrorum. 4 Misit ergo populus in Silo, et tulerunt inde arcam fderis Domini exercituum sedentis super cherubim : erantque duo filii Heli cum arca fderis Dei, Ophni et Phinees. 5 Cumque venisset arca fderis Domini in castra, vociferatus est omnis Isral clamore grandi, et personuit terra. 6 Et audierunt Philisthiim vocem clamoris, dixeruntque : Qunam est hc vox clamoris magni in castris Hebrorum ? Et cognoverunt quod arca Domini venisset in castra. 7 Timueruntque Philisthiim, dicentes : Venit Deus in castra. Et ingemuerunt, dicentes : 8 V nobis : non enim fuit tanta exultatio heri et nudiustertius : v nobis. Quis nos salvabit de manu deorum sublimium istorum ? hi sunt dii, qui percusserunt gyptum omni plaga in deserto. 9 Confortamini, et estote viri, Philisthiim, ne serviatis Hebris, sicut et illi servierunt vobis : confortamini, et bellate. 10 Pugnaverunt ergo Philisthiim, et csus est Isral, et fugit unusquisque in tabernaculum suum : et facta est plaga magna nimis, et ceciderunt de Isral triginta millia peditum. 11 Et arca Dei capta est : duo quoque filii Heli mortui sunt, Ophni et Phinees.12 Currens autem vir de Benjamin ex acie, venit in Silo in die illa, scissa veste, et conspersus pulvere caput. 13 Cumque ille venisset, Heli sedebat super sellam contra viam spectans. Erat enim cor ejus pavens pro arca Dei. Vir autem ille postquam ingressus est, nuntiavit urbi : et ululavit omnis civitas. 14 Et audivit Heli sonitum clamoris, dixitque : Quis est hic sonitus tumultus hujus ? At ille festinavit, et venit, et nuntiavit Heli. 15 Heli autem erat nonaginta et octo annorum, et oculi ejus caligaverant, et videre non poterat. 16 Et dixit ad Heli : Ego sum qui veni de prlio, et ego qui de acie fugi hodie. Cui ille ait : Quid actum est, fili mi ? 17 Respondens autem ille qui nuntiabat : Fugit, inquit, Isral coram Philisthiim, et ruina magna facta est in populo : insuper et duo filii tui mortui sunt, Ophni et Phinees, et arca Dei capta est. 18 Cumque ille nominasset arcam Dei, cecidit de sella retrorsum juxta ostium, et fractis cervicibus mortuus est. Senex enim erat vir et grandvus : et ipse judicavit Isral quadraginta annis. 19 Nurus autem ejus, uxor Phinees, prgnans erat, vicinaque partui : et audito nuntio quod capta esset arca Dei, et mortuus esset socer suus et vir suus, incurvavit se et peperit : irruerant enim in eam dolores subiti. 20 In ipso autem momento mortis ejus, dixerunt ei qu stabant circa eam : Ne timeas, quia filium peperisti. Qu non respondit eis, neque animadvertit. 21 Et vocabit puerum Ichabod, dicens : Translata est gloria de Isral, quia capta est arca Dei, et pro socero suo et pro viro suo ; 22 et ait : Translata est gloria ab Isral, eo quod capta esset arca Dei.