1 Samuel 4:1
Hebrew Bible
1 The word of Samuel was given to all Israel1. The Ark of the Covenant is Lost to the Philistines. Then the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines arranged their forces to fight Israel. As the battle spread out, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about 4,000 men in the battle line in the field. 3 When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.”
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX 1 Samuel 4:1
Septuagint
1 And it happened in those days that foreigners assembled for battle against Israel, and Israel came out to meet them in battle, and they camped at Ebenezer, and the foreigners camped at Aphek. 2 And the foreigners lined up for battle against Israel, and the battle turned, and a man of Israel fell before the foreigners, and they struck down in battle in the field four thousand men. 3 And the people came into the camp, and the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord allow us to be defeated today before the foreigners? We should bring the ark of our God from Shiloh and let him come from our midst, and he will deliver you from our enemies’ hand.”
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... The Masoretic text of 1 Samuel 4:1 states: “And the word of Samuel was to all Israel.” Targum Jonathan 1 Samuel 4:1 reads “And the word of Samuel was pleasing to all Israel” in order to avoid the notion of an analogy of Samuel’s word to God’s word. (LXX 1 Samuel 4:1 differs totally: “And it happened in those days that the allophyles mustered for war against Israel.” The translator “seeks to exculpate the Israelites and [to] place the fault with the Philistines”) In the Septuagint, this passage is missing. Both changing and omission have a common concern: One does not want to confuse the word of Samuel with the word of God ..."
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