1 Samuel 4:12

וַיָּרָץ אִישׁ ־ בִּנְיָמִן מֵהַמַּעֲרָכָה וַיָּבֹא שִׁלֹה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וּמַדָּיו קְרֻעִים וַאֲדָמָה עַל ־ רֹאשֽׁוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

In Context

11וַאֲרוֹן אֱלֹהִים נִלְקָח וּשְׁנֵי בְנֵֽי ־ עֵלִי מֵתוּ חָפְנִי וּפִֽינְחָֽס ׃

13וַיָּבוֹא וְהִנֵּה עֵלִי יֹשֵׁב עַֽל ־ הַכִּסֵּא יך דֶּרֶךְ מְצַפֶּה כִּֽי ־ הָיָה לִבּוֹ חָרֵד עַל אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים וְהָאִישׁ בָּא לְהַגִּיד בָּעִיר וַתִּזְעַק כָּל ־ הָעִֽיר ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 7:6וַיִּקְרַע יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שִׂמְלֹתָיו וַיִּפֹּל עַל ־ פָּנָיו אַרְצָה לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד ־ הָעֶרֶב הוּא וְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיַּעֲלוּ עָפָר עַל ־ רֹאשָֽׁם ׃

2 Samuel 13:19וַתִּקַּח תָּמָר אֵפֶר עַל ־ רֹאשָׁהּ וּכְתֹנֶת הַפַּסִּים אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ קָרָעָה וַתָּשֶׂם יָדָהּ עַל ־ רֹאשָׁהּ וַתֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְ וְזָעָֽקָה ׃

Nehemiah 9:1וּבְיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה נֶאֶסְפוּ בְנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּצוֹם וּבְשַׂקִּים וַאֲדָמָה עֲלֵיהֶֽם ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 4:11-12

The Defeat of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1120.) 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. Here is a short account of the issue of this battle. I. Israel was smitten, the army dispersed and totally routed, not retiring into the camp, as before ( v. 2 ) when they hoped to rally again, but… Read the whole commentary →

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