1 Samuel 4 · Verse 10

1 Samuel 4:10

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.
1 Samuel 4:10, King James Version

1 Samuel 4:10 in other translations

BSBSo the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
WEBThe Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
ASVAnd the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
YLTAnd the Philistines fight, and Israel is smitten, and they flee each to his tents, and the blow is very great, and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen;
DARBYAnd the Philistines fought, and Israel was routed, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
BBESo the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 1 Samuel 4:10 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 4:10-11
The taking of the ark was a great judgment upon Israel, and a certain token of God's displeasure. Let none think to shelter themselves from the wrath of God, under the cloak of outward profession.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 4:10 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּvai.yi.la.cha.Muand they foughtH3898
פְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
וַיִּנָּ֤גֶףvai.yi.Na.gefand it was defeatedH5062
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙vai.ya.Nu.suand they fledH5127
אִ֣ישׁ'isheach manH376
לְאֹהָלָ֔יוle.'o.ha.Lavto own tents hisH168
וַתְּהִ֥יva.te.Hiand it wasH1961
הַמַּכָּ֖הha.ma.Kahthe slaughterH4347
גְּדוֹלָ֣הge.do.LahgreatH1419
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
וַיִּפֹּל֙vai.yi.Poland he fellH5307
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmi.Yis.ra.'Elof IsraelH3478
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
רַגְלִֽי\׃rag.Lifoot soldier[s]H7273

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 4:10

  • 1 Samuel 4:2

    And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

  • 2 Kings 14:12

    And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • Psalms 78:60-64

    So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand. He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. …

  • 2 Samuel 18:17

    And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

  • 2 Samuel 19:8

    Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

  • 2 Samuel 18:7

    Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

  • Isaiah 10:3-6

    And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:5-6

    Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:22

    And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:17

    And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Israel.
2; Le 26:17; De 28:25; Ps 78:9,60-64
every man.
2Sa 20:1; 1Ki 12:16; 22:36; 2Ki 14:12
a very great.
2Sa 18:7; 2Ch 13:17; 28:5,6; Isa 10:3-6

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 4:9

    Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

  • 1 Samuel 4:10

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 4:11

    And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

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1 Samuel 4:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pelearon pues los Filisteos, é Israel fué vencido, y huyeron cada cual á sus tiendas; y fué hecha muy grande mortandad, pues cayeron de Israel treinta mil hombres de á pie.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les Philistins combattirent, et Israël fut battu; et ils s’enfuirent chacun à sa tente; et la défaite fut très grande, et il tomba d’Israël 30 000 hommes de pied.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Philister stritten, und Israel wurde geschlagen, und sie flohen ein jeder nach seinem Zelte; und die Niederlage war sehr groß, und es fielen von Israel 30000 Mann zu Fuß.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Pugnaverunt ergo Philisthiim, et cæsus est Israël, et fugit unusquisque in tabernaculum suum: et facta est plaga magna nimis, et ceciderunt de Israël triginta millia peditum.