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The ark of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned above the Cherubim! They brought it there all the way from Silo; and with the ark came the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees. (1 Samuel 4, 4)
The ark of God, too, was taken by the enemy, and Heli’s sons, Ophni and Phinees, were killed. (1 Samuel 4, 11)
At the time when he reached it, Heli was sitting there waiting for news, on a seat by the wayside; his heart misgave him for the safety of God’s ark. When the tidings so brought were made known publicly, the whole city fell to lamenting. (1 Samuel 4, 13)
The noise of it came to Heli’s ears, and he asked what this tumult should mean. With all speed the messenger came up and told his news. (1 Samuel 4, 14)
(Heli was then ninety-eight years old; his eyes were dim with age now, and sightless.) (1 Samuel 4, 15)
I come with news of the battle, he said; this very day I have run back from the army. And the news, my son, asked Heli; what is the news? (1 Samuel 4, 16)
And Heli, when he heard mention made of God’s ark, fell backwards from his seat, there in the door-way, and broke his neck, and died; so old a man was he, so spent with age. For forty years he had ruled Israel. (1 Samuel 4, 18)
Meanwhile the Philistines had carried off the ark of God, taking it from the Rock of Deliverance to Azotus; (1 Samuel 5, 1)
but wherever it went, from city to city, the power of the Lord made itself felt in a grievous mortality; on high and low it fell everywhere, rotting away their inward parts, and the men of Geth could devise no better relief than to sit on seats of leather. (1 Samuel 5, 9)
and this was the answer given: You must make five little mounts of gold, and five golden mice, one for each of the Philistine provinces; it was the same divine punishment that afflicted all the provinces, all the chiefs alike. When they are ready, these emblems of your shame, these figures of the mice that have ravaged your land, make amends with them to the God of Israel, and ask relief for yourselves, and your gods, and your lands. (1 Samuel 6, 5)
Why then, Samuel told the Israelites, if your hearts are honestly set on coming back to the Lord, you must rid yourselves of all alien gods; no Baal for you, no Astaroth; your hearts must wait in readiness on the Lord and serve him only; then he will deliver you from the Philistine’s power. (1 Samuel 7, 3)
This assembly at Masphath came to the ears of the Philistines, and their chiefs came out to offer Israel battle. Whereupon the Israelites, in great dread of them, (1 Samuel 7, 7)
