1And the word of Samuel came to all Yashar'el (Israel). Now Yashar'el (Israel) went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2And the Philistines put themselves in array against Yashar'el (Israel): and when they joined battle, Yashar'el (Israel) was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
3And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Yashar'el (Israel) said, Wherefore has Yahuah (LORD) smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Yahuah (LORD) out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it comes among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of Yahuah Tseva'ot (LORD of hosts), which dwells between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of Elohim (God).
5And when the ark of the covenant of Yahuah (LORD) came into the camp, all Yashar'el (Israel) shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Yahuah (LORD) was come into the camp.
7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, Elohim (God) is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.
8Woe 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 wilderness.
9Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10And the Philistines fought, and Yashar'el (Israel) was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Yashar'el (Israel) thirty thousand footmen.
11And the ark of Elohim (God) was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of Elohim (God). And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
17And the messenger answered and said, Yashar'el (Israel) is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of Elohim (God) is taken.
18And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of Elohim (God), that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Yashar'el (Israel) forty years.
19And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of Elohim (God) was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
20And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for you have born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
21And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Yashar'el (Israel): because the ark of Elohim (God) was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
22And she said, The glory is departed from Yashar'el (Israel): for the ark of Elohim (God) is taken.