1 Samuel 4:1
1 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.”1 Samuel 4:1
What Does 1 Samuel 4:1 Mean?
1 Samuel 4:1 is found in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 4, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to 1 Samuel 4:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Samuel 7:12“Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.”1 Samuel 29:1“Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.”1 Samuel 5:1“And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.”Joshua 13:4“From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:”Joshua 12:18“The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;”Joshua 15:53“And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,”Joshua 19:30“Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.”Judges 3:3“Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.”Judges 3:31“And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.”1 Samuel 3:11“And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.”1 Kings 20:26“And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.”1 Kings 20:30“But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.”2 Kings 13:17“And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.”Psalms 83:7“Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;”Ezekiel 25:15“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;”
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