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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.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּנָּ֥גֶף
yngp
verb · 48×
יַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ
y'rk
verb · 76×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
מַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה
m'rkh
noun · 20×
נוּ
nv
verb · 39×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
קְרַ֣את
qr't
verb · 37×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

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.