And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the sound of this mighty shout in the host of the Hebrews? and they understood, that the Ark of the Lord was come into the host.

And the Philistines were afraid, and said, God is come in the host: therefore said they, [a]Woe unto us: for it hath not been so heretofore.

Woe unto us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the [b]wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:7 Before we fought against men, and now God is come to fight against us.
  2. 1 Samuel 4:8 For in the red sea in the wilderness the Egyptians were destroyed, which was the last of all his plagues.

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