Shemuel I Perek 4

Shemuel I Perek 4-
Sefer Shemuel is taught by Mrs. Marjorie Salem
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A Summary provided by Rabbi Jack Abramowitz of the Orthodox Union:
Israel went to war against the Pelishtim. The Jews lost the battle, so they brought the Ark out to the battlefield. The Pelishti forces became scared that G-d Himself had joined the fray, but their leaders encouraged them to be brave. 

The Pelishtim won this battle, too. Eli’s sons, Hofni and Pinhas, were both killed (on the same day, as per the prophecy), and the Ark was captured. 

A Benjaminite (possibly Saul) carried word to Eli of the battle’s outcome. He tried to break it to him slowly, but the news of his sons’ death and the Ark’s capture was too much for him; he fell off his chair, broke his neck and died. 

Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Pinchas, was pregnant. When she heard all these things, she went into labor. She had a son and called him “Echebod,” meaning “there is no more honor” because of all the calamities that had occurred. She died as a result of her difficult labor.

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