9. Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be men, and fight!”
10. So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers.
11. The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
12. That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust on his head.
13. When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.
14. Eli heard the outcry and asked, “What is the meaning of this uproar?” The man hurried over to Eli,