1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. 2And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was defeated before the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men. 3And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Yehovah defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Yehovah out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yehovah of hosts, who sits above the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5And when the ark of the covenant of Yehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded. 6And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they understood that the ark of Yehovah had come into the camp. 7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a thing before. 8Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. 9Be strong, and conduct yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you may not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: conduct yourselves like men, and fight. 10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. 12And a man of Benjamin ran out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head. 13And when he came, look, Eli was sitting on his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of 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 does the noise of this tumult mean? And the man hurried, and came and told Eli. 15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see. 16And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How did the matter go, my son? 17And he who brought the news answered and said, Israel has 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 God is taken. 18And it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. 19And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was pregnant, about to give birth: and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came upon her. 20And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, Do not fear; for you have given birth to a son. But she did not answer, neither did she regard it. 21And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22And she said, The glory has departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.