1Sa 4:2, 10-11 | ESV | STEP | The Philistines drew up in line against Israel , and when the battle spread , Israel was defeated before the Philistines , who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle .

a ver. 2; Ps. 78:62; [Lev. 26:17; Deut. 28:25]

b 2 Sam. 18:17; 19:8; 2 Kgs. 14:12; 2 Chr. 25:22

1 Samuel 4:2

2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.

1 Samuel 4:10-11

10 So the Philistines fought, ^aand Israel was defeated, ^band they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 ^cAnd the ark of God was captured, ^dand the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.