1 I šta reče Samuilo, zbi se svemu Izrailju. Jer Izrailj izađe na vojsku na Filisteje, i stadoše u logor kod Even-Ezera, a Filisteji stadoše u logor u Afeku. 2 A Filisteji se uvrstaše prema Izrailju, i kad se otvori boj, razbiše Filisteji Izrailja, i izgibe ih u boju u polju oko četiri hiljade ljudi. 3 I kad narod dođe u logor, rekoše starešine Izrailjeve: Zašto nas danas razbi Gospod pred Filistejima? Da donesemo iz Siloma kovčeg zaveta Gospodnjeg, da bude među nama i izbavi nas iz ruku neprijatelja naših. 4 I narod posla u Silom da donesu odande kovčeg zaveta Gospoda nad vojskama, koji sedi na heruvimima; a behu onde kod kovčega zaveta Gospodnjeg dva sina Ilijeva, Ofnije i Fines. 5 A kad dođe kovčeg zaveta Gospodnjeg u logor, povika sav Izrailj od radosti da zemlja zaječa. 6 A Filisteji čuvši veselu viku rekoše: Kakva je to vika vesela u logoru jevrejskom? I razumeše da je došao kovčeg Gospodnji u logor njihov. 7 I uplašiše se Filisteji kad rekoše: Bog je došao u logor. I govorahu: Teško nama! Jer to nije bivalo pre. 8 Teško nama! Ko će nas izbaviti iz ruku tih silnih bogova? To su bogovi što pobiše Misirce u pustinji svakojakim mukama. 9 Ohrabrite se, i budite ljudi, o Filisteji! Da ne služite Jevrejima kao što su oni vama služili; budite ljudi i udrite. 10 I Filisteji udariše, i Izrailjci se opet razbiše i pobegoše k šatorima svojim; i boj beše vrlo velik, jer pade iz Izrailja trideset hiljada pešaka. 11 I kovčeg Božji bi otet, i dva sina Ilijeva, Ofnije i Fines pogiboše. 12 A jedan između sinova Venijaminovih pobeže iz boja, i dođe u Silom isti dan razdrtih haljina i glave posute prahom. 13 I kad dođe, gle, Ilije seđaše na stolici ukraj puta pogledajući; jer srce njegovo beše u strahu za kovčeg Božji. I došav onaj čovek u grad kaza glase, i stade vika svega grada. 14 A Ilije čuvši viku reče: Kakva je to vreva? I čovek brže dotrča da javi Iliju. 15 A Iliju beše devedeset i osam godina, i oči mu behu potamnele, te ne mogaše videti. 16 I reče čovek Iliju: Ja idem iz boja, utekoh danas iz boja. A on reče: Šta bi, sine? 17 A glasnik odgovarajući reče: Pobeže Izrailj ispred Filisteja, i izgibe mnogo naroda, i oba sina tvoja pogiboše, Ofnije i Fines, i kovčeg Božji otet je. 18 A kad spomenu kovčeg Božji, pade Ilije sa stolice nauznako kod vrata i slomi vrat i umre, jer beše čovek star i težak. On bi sudija Izrailju četrdeset godina. 19 A snaha njegova, žena Finesova, beše trudna i na tom doba, pa čuvši glas da je kovčeg Božji otet i da joj je poginuo svekar i muž, savi se i porodi, jer joj dođoše bolovi. 20 I kad umiraše, rekoše joj koje stajahu kod nje: Ne boj se, rodila si sina. Ali ona ne odgovori, niti hajaše za to. 21 Nego detetu nade ime Ihavod govoreći: Otide slava od Izrailja; jer kovčeg Božji bi otet, i svekar joj i muž pogiboše. 22 Zato reče: Otide slava od Izrailja; jer bi otet kovčeg Božji.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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Hophni
A priest at Shiloh and son of Eli, who treated the LORD's offering with contempt and died the same day as his brother Phinehas when the ark of God was captured.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 4:4
Ichabod
Born as his mother died after hearing the ark was captured, he was named Ichabod, meaning the glory has departed from Israel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 14:3
Phinehas
A priest at Shiloh and son of Eli, who died on the day the ark of God was captured; his wife died in childbirth after naming their son Ichabod.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 4:4
Cross references (20)
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- 1 1 Samuel 29:1; 1 Samuel 7:12; 1 Samuel 5:1; Joshua 12:18; 1 Kings 20:30
- 2 Lamentations 3:40; Psalm 44:9–10; Joshua 7:12; 1 Samuel 17:8; Joshua 7:5–8
- 3 2 Timothy 3:5; Numbers 10:35; Numbers 31:6; 1 Corinthians 10:1–5; 2 Samuel 15:25
- 4 2 Samuel 6:2; Psalm 80:1; Numbers 7:89; Psalm 99:1; 2 Kings 19:15
- 5 Joshua 6:5; Job 20:5; Jeremiah 7:4; Joshua 6:20; Judges 15:14
- 6 Exodus 32:17–18
- 7 Exodus 15:14–16; Exodus 14:25; Deuteronomy 32:30
- 8 Psalm 78:43–51; Exodus 7:5; Exodus 9:14
- 9 1 Corinthians 16:13; Judges 13:1; Ephesians 6:10–11; 2 Samuel 10:12; Isaiah 33:1
- 10 1 Samuel 4:2; 2 Kings 14:12; Deuteronomy 28:25; Leviticus 26:17; Psalm 78:60–64
- 11 1 Samuel 2:34; Psalm 78:64; Isaiah 3:11; 1 Samuel 2:32; Psalm 78:60–61
- 12 Joshua 7:6; 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 1:2; Nehemiah 9:1; Job 2:12
- 13 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 4:18; Psalm 79:1–8; Psalm 26:8; Nehemiah 1:3–4
- 15 1 Samuel 3:2; Psalm 90:10; Genesis 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4
- 16 2 Samuel 1:4; Joshua 7:19; 1 Samuel 3:6
- 17 1 Samuel 3:11; 1 Samuel 4:10–11
- 18 1 Samuel 4:21–22; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Psalm 69:9; 1 Samuel 4:13; Lamentations 2:15–19
- 20 Psalm 77:2; John 16:21; Genesis 35:17–18
- 21 Psalm 26:8; Psalm 78:61; Jeremiah 2:11; Psalm 78:64; Hosea 9:12
- 22 John 2:17; Psalm 137:5–6
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But doubtless he is commemorating the doing of that thing, when they were conquered by the Philistines in the time of Heli the priest, and the Ark of the Lord was taken, and with great slaughter they were laid low. This it is that he speaketh of.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)