¹And the word of Sh’mu’el [His name is El] came to all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] . Now Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went out against the P’lishtim [Immigrants] to battle, and pitched beside Even-’’Ezer [treasure] [stone of help] : and the P’lishtim [Immigrants] pitched in Aphek [Enclosure] .

²And the P’lishtim [Immigrants] put themselves in array (to put on; to clothe) against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : and when they joined battle, Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] was smitten before the P’lishtim [Immigrants] : and they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men.

³And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said, For what reason has the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) smitten us to day before the P’lishtim [Immigrants] ? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) out of Shiloh [Place of Rest] unto us, that, when it comes among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

⁴So the people sent to Shiloh [Place of Rest] , that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] , which dwells [between] the k’vurim (cherubim) : and the two sons of ‘Eli [ascension] , Hofni [fighter] and Pinchas [mouth of brass] , [were] there with the ark of the covenant of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] .

⁵And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came into the camp, all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

⁶And when the P’lishtim [Immigrants] heard the noise of the shout, they said, What [means] the noise of this great shout in the camp of the ‘Evri’ot [Hebrew] ? And they understood that the ark of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was come into the camp.

⁷And the P’lishtim [Immigrants] were afraid, for they said, God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.

⁸Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that struck the Mitzri with all the plagues in the wilderness.

⁹Be strong, and quit (acquitted; found not guilty) yourselves like men, O you2f P’lishtim [Immigrants] , that you2f be not servants unto the ‘Evri’ot [Hebrew] , as they have been to you: quit (acquitted; found not guilty) yourselves like men, and fight.

¹⁰And the P’lishtim [Immigrants] fought, and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] thirty thousand footmen.

¹¹And the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] was taken; and the two sons of ‘Eli [ascension] , Hofni [fighter] and Pinchas [mouth of brass] , were slain.

¹²And there ran a man of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] out of the army, and came to Shiloh [Place of Rest] the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

¹³And when he came, lo, ‘Eli [ascension] sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] . And when the man came into the city, and told [it] , all the city cried out.

¹⁴And when ‘Eli [ascension] heard the noise of the crying, he said, What [means] the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told ‘Eli [ascension] .

¹⁵Now ‘Eli [ascension] was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

¹⁶And the man said unto ‘Eli [ascension] , I [am] he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?

¹⁷And the messenger answered and said, Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] is fled before the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and youi two sons also, Hofni [fighter] and Pinchas [mouth of brass] , are dead, and the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] is taken.

¹⁸And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] forty years.

¹⁹And his daughter in law, Pinchas [mouth of brass] ’ wife, was with child, [near] to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

²⁰And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for youi have born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard [it] .

²¹And she named the child I-Khavod, saying, The glory is departed from Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : because the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

²²And she said, The glory is departed from Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : for the ark of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] is taken.