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1 Samuel 4:17 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 4:17 Meaning He Who Brought the News Answered

He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”

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