1 Samuel 4 - Introduction

A.M. 2863. B.C. 1141.

Israel smitten by the Philistines, 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 4:2. They bring the ark into the camp, which affrights the Philistines, 1 Samuel 4:3. Israel beaten and the ark taken, 1 Samuel 4:10; 1 Samuel 4:11. The news brought to Shiloh, and the death of Eli, 1 Samuel 4:12. The travail and death of his daughter-in-law, 1 Samuel 4:19.