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1 Samuel 4:18 · BSB
4:18 As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
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…where God said that's where I'm going to freely voluntarily and graciously meet you and it was called the mercy seat. But there's this place in1 Samuel chapter 4before Israel has a king there's a story where they're about to return to battle against the pagan Philistines after having just lost one of the…
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…a physical thing that God commanded to be within the nation of Israel in order to signify that God was with that nation. Now, by the time we get to1 Samuel chapter 4, a lot has happened. You know, you have a lot of corrupt leaders. You have Eli and his sons, Hofney and Phineas, who according to the Bible were…
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…brethren, please look up here, is that God uses noises in a lot of different ways, shapes, and forms. Let me show you a little bit further. Look at1 Samuel chapter 4and Ezra chapter 3. Now we're going to get to something in just a minute. Stay with me. 1 Samuel 4 and Ezra chapter 3. I wouldn't want to just have…
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…is one left. His name is Mephibosheth. Mephibosheth is in a place called Lodabar. He's in hiding. Now we know a little bit about Mephibosheth in1 Samuel chapter 4. Jerusalem is under siege and Saul is in trouble, and so he's gonna escape the kingdom. And so Mephibosheth is five years old, and the maidservant…
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…Shiloh, for example, has a burn layer dating to around the rise of the Philistines in the 11th century BC, likely corresponding with the events1 Samuel chapter 4. But Shiloh was later rebuilt. New generations lived on top of the destruction, unaware of— unconcerned of what they had become. The layers beneath…
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…there, I want to talk about today the Tabernacle of David, the Tabernacle of David. And I want to start by kind of giving you a quick overview fromfirst Samuel chapter 4, which is where I was going to have you turn. But in this instance, this arc of God, which a couple weeks ago when I was talking about the glory of…
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…the ark itself, that that was the focal point. Samuel, this is a true event that happened to Israel, and I think it provides a good warning for us.1 Samuel chapter 4. This is before David was king. This is when Saul, I mean, I don't know if Saul's even king yet. No, this is before Saul's even king. This is when…
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…Philistines, and it blew my mind how much I didn't recognize they showed up in 1 Samuel. They're throughout the whole book. I'm gonna hop around.1 Samuel chapter 4. If you want to slide all the way back to chapter 4, 1 Samuel 4, verse 1, and then I'll skip to 10. And the word of Samuel, and the word of Samuel…
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We're going to be looking at Judges chapter 4 tonight. And, or I mean, I'm sorry, 1 Samuel.1 Samuel chapter 4. And actually 4 through 7 is what we're going to read. Yeah. I hear you there. of introduction. This is a kind of a story within the story, but…
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…even more important than that was this: that the Philistines took the ark of God out of the camp of the Israelites. In verse 18 of chapter 4,1 Samuel chapter 4. Stay with me. 1 Samuel chapter 4, verse 18. And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God. This is Eli, that he fell from off the…
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…with God's people as they traveled through the wilderness. And then as they conquered Canaan land, the ark was present with us. And then we read infirst Samuel chapter 4that the ark of God is captured by the Philistines in a war. In a war with the Philistines, the Israelites lose track of the ark of God. Then the…
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…years of suffering. They were not walking with God anymore. They had followed their own thinking, the culture of their time. The story is found inFirst Samuel chapter 4and Chapter 7. And again, I won't read all those passages. Don't worry, that's much. There would be too much reading. I'll pick out some select…
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…of Abinadab where the ark of God was. Now, how did the ark of God go to Abinadab's house? This is what had happened. We find it in the book of1 Samuel, chapter 4. The children of Israel had fought against the Philistines, and they fought them, but the Philistines were so well trained, and the scripture says…
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…of the calling he's received. I'll come to this pulpit, I'll unscrew this plaque that says, We would see Jesus, and on my way out, in the words of1 Samuel chapter 4, I will announce Ichabod over the church, which means this the glory of God has departed. But I don't worry about that. I don't think that'll be…
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…that we find out today, that they would take root and that you could bring an increase through this in Jesus' name, amen. So if we want to turn to1 Samuel chapter 4. We'll go ahead and do the reading. Karen, I'll light you up. And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the…
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…And so if you have a Bible with you, I encourage you to open it to 1 Samuel chapter 2. We'll be working, looking in between 1 Samuel chapter 2 and1 Samuel chapter 4. There'll be bits from between the whole section. We're not reading all of it, but we're going to be working from it. And so last week, we kicked…
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…of our texts today, First Samuel, we find this extended story of conflict with their neighbors to the South, the Kingdom of Felicity. In fact, inFirst Samuel chapter 4and verse 2, we find that there was this big battle and 4000 of the people were killed. It's a big loss, especially for that time that's like,…
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…of these other people groups did know. about the Ark of the Covenant. You don't have to turn there unless you just want to. It's not far away. But1 Samuel chapter 4, 5 through 9. Listen to this. 1 Samuel 4, 5. As soon as the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout so…
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…Also with a very great destruction and he struck look very specifically who did he strike? The men of the city in Gath. Flip back to chapter 4.1 Samuel chapter 4. Do you remember the Philippines called a battle? What is it that they try to stir up in their army to go to war? 1 Samuel chapter 4 verse 9. They…
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…Testament, God's glory was there one minute and was gone the next. We see that God's glory was revealed on Mount Sinai in the life of Moses, but in1 Samuel chapter 4, we see a tragic story where the ark is taken away from Israel, and the story ends with this confession that the glory of God has departed. It's no…
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