10 So the Philistines fought and (A)Israel was defeated, and (B)every man fled to his tent; and the defeat was very great, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 Moreover, the ark of God was taken; and (C)the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

12 Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with (D)his clothes torn, and [a]dust on his head.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:12 Lit soil

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