Midweek Bible Study

James 1:22 NIV - Anglicised

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

1 Samuel 4:2 NIV - Anglicised

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.

1 Samuel 4:3 NIV - Anglicised

When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord bring defeat upon us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh, so that it may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”

1 Samuel 4:4 NIV - Anglicised

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.

1 Samuel 4:10 NIV - Anglicised

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.

1 Samuel 4:11 NIV - Anglicised

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

1 Samuel 4:12 NIV - Anglicised

That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh, his clothes torn and dust on his head.

1 Samuel 4:13 NIV - Anglicised

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.

1 Samuel 4:14 NIV - Anglicised

Eli heard the outcry and asked, “What is the meaning of this uproar?” The man hurried over to Eli,

1 Samuel 4:15 NIV - Anglicised

who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes were set so that he could not see.

1 Samuel 4:16 NIV - Anglicised

He told Eli, “I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day.” Eli asked, “What happened, my son?”

1 Samuel 4:17 NIV - Anglicised

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.”

1 Samuel 4:18 NIV - Anglicised

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backwards off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had led Israel for forty years.