1 Samuel 3:19--4:1
3:19 Samuel continued to grow, and the
Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.
3:20 All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the
Lord.
3:21 Then the
Lord again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the
Lord had revealed himself to Samuel
through the word of the
Lord.
4:1 Samuel revealed the word of the
Lord to all Israel.
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.