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1Sa 4:17 — And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Israel		1Sa 4:10,11; 1Sa 3:11

Correlating Passages

Israel

	1Sa 4:10	And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
	1Sa 4:11	And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
	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.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 4:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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