1 Samuel 4:2
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
KJV
et instruxerunt aciem contra Israël. Inito autem certamine, terga vertit Israël Philisthæis : et cæsa sunt in illo certamine passim per agros, quasi quatuor millia virorum.
Vulgate
καὶ παρατάσσονται οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι εἰς πόλεμον ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἔκλινεν ὁ πόλεμος, καὶ ἔπταισεν ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ἐνώπιον ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ἐπλήγησαν ἐν τῇ παρατάξει ἐν ἀγρῷ τέσσαρες χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν.
LXX
And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
ASV
וַ/יַּעַרְכ֨וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים לִ/קְרַ֣את יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַ/תִּטֹּשׁ֙ הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֔ה וַ/יִּנָּ֥גֶף יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִ/פְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַ/יַּכּ֤וּ בַ/מַּֽעֲרָכָה֙ בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה כְּ/אַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִֽישׁ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 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.
- Judg 18:30 — And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
- Lam 3:40 — Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.