The Book of 1 Samuel, verse by verse...

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1 Samuel 4:15 (KJV) Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

 

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1 Samuel 4:16 (KJV) And 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?

 

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1 Samuel 4:17 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."

 

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1 Samuel 4:18 (KJV) And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of 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 Israel forty years.

 

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1 Samuel 4:19 (KJV) And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of 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.

 

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1 Samuel 4:20 (KJV) And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

 

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1 Samuel 4:21 (KJV) And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

 

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1 Samuel 4:22 She said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."

 

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1 Samuel 5:1: And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

 

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1 Samuel 5:2 (KJV) When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

 

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1 Samuel 5:3 (KJV) And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

 

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1 Samuel 5:4: And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

 

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1 Samuel 5:5 (KJV) Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

 

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[bible]1 Samuel 5:6[/bible]

 

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1 Samuel 5:7 (KJV) And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

 

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[bible]1 Samuel 5:8[/bible]

 

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1 Samuel 5:9 (KJV) And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

 

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[bible]1 Samuel 5:10[/bible]

 

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1 Samuel 5:11 (KJV) So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

 

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1 Samuel 5:12 (KJV) And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.