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1Sa 4:1 — And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 2863. B.C. 1141.
Entire Verse.		An. Ex. Is. 350.
came		or, came to pass. Heb. was. 1Sa 3:11
Eben-ezer		That is, the place afterwards so called: See the Parallel Texts. 1Sa 5:1; 1Sa 7:12
Aphek		This Aphek was situated in the tribe of Judah, and is probably the same as Aphekah. Jos 15:53; It must be carefully distinguished from that near Jezreel, and another in Asher. 1Sa 29:1; Jos 19:30; 1Ki 20:30

Correlating Passages

came

1Sa 3:11

And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

Eben-ezer

	1Sa 5:1	And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
	1Sa 7:12	Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

Aphek

	Jos 15:53	And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
	1Sa 29:1	Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which [is] in Jezreel.
	Jos 19:30	Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
	1Ki 20:30	But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were] left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 4:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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