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Ethan: Welcome to Immerse: the
daily bible reading experience.

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Day 100 and 85

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at that time, Israel was at
war with the Philistines.

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The Israelite army was camped near
Ebenezer, and the Philistines were at aec.

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The Philistines attacked and defeated
the army of Israel, killing 4,000 men.

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After the battle was over, the troops
retreated to their camp, and the elders

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of Israel asked, why did the Lord allow
us to be defeated by the Philistines?

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Then they said, let's bring the ark of
the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh.

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If we carry it into battle with us,
it will save us from our enemies.

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So they sent men to Shiloh to
bring the Ark of the Covenant of

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the Lord of Heaven's armies, who
is enthroned between the Cherubim,

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HNA, and Phineas, the sons of Eli.

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Were also there with the
arc of the covenant of God.

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When all the Israelites saw the Ark of
the Covenant of the Lord coming into the

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camp, their shout of joy was so loud.

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It made the ground shake what's going on.

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The Philistines asked, what's all the
shouting about in the Hebrew camp?

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When they were told it was because
the ark of the Lord had arrived.

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They panicked.

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The gods have come into their camp.

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They cried.

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This is a disaster.

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We have never had to face
anything like this before.

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Help who can save us from
these mighty gods of Israel?

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They are the same Gods who destroyed
the Egyptians with plagues when

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Israel was in the wilderness.

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Fight as never before.

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Philistines.

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If you don't, we will become the Hebrews
slaves, just as they have been ours.

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Stand up like men and fight.

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So the Philistines fought desperately
and Israel was defeated again.

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The slaughter was great.

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30,000 Israelite soldiers died that day.

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The survivors turned
and fled to their tents.

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The arc of God was captured, and Hna and
Phineas, the two sons of Eli were killed.

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A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from
the battlefield and arrived at Shiloh.

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Later that same day, he had
torn his clothes and put dust

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on his head to show his grief.

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Eli was waiting beside the road to hear
the news of the battle for his heart

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trembled for the safety of the Ark of God.

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When the messenger arrived and
told what had happened, an outcry

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resounded throughout the town.

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What is all the noise about?

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Eli asked.

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The messenger rushed over to Eli,
who was 98 years old and blind.

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He said to Eli, I have just
come from the battlefield.

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I was there this very day.

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What happened?

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My son, Eli demanded Israel has
been defeated by the Philistines.

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The messenger replied, the people have
been slaughtered, and your two sons,

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Hof, NAI, and Phineas were also killed,
and the Ark of God has been captured.

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When the messenger mentioned what had
happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell

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backward from his seat beside the gate.

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He broke his neck and died
for, he was old and overweight.

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He had been Israel's judge for
40 years, Eli's daughter-in-law.

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The wife of Phineas was pregnant and
near her time of delivery, when she heard

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that the arc of God had been captured and
that her father-in-law and husband were

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dead, she went into labor and gave birth.

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She died in childbirth, but
before she passed away, the

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midwives tried to encourage her.

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Don't be afraid.

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They said, you have a baby boy.

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I.

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She did not answer or
pay attention to them.

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She named the child iBod, which
means where is the glory for?

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She said, Israel's glory is gone.

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She named him this because the arc of
God had been captured and because her

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father-in-law and husband were dead.

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Then she said, the glory has
departed from Israel for the

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arc of God has been captured.

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After the Philistines captured the Ark of
God, they took it from the battleground

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at Ebenezer to the town of Ash Dot.

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They carried the Ark of God into
the temple of Dagan and placed

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it beside an idol of dagan.

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But when the citizens of Ash Dot went
to see it the next morning, Dagan had

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fallen with his face to the ground
in front of the Ark of the Lord.

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So they took Dagan and put
him in his place again.

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The next morning, the same thing happened.

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Dagan had fallen face down
before the Ark of the Lord again.

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This time his head and hands had broken
off and were lying in the doorway.

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Only the trunk of his
body was left intact.

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That is why to this day, neither
the priests of Dagan nor anyone who

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enters the Temple of Dagan in Ash,
Dudd will step on its threshold.

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Then the Lord's heavy hand struck
the people of Ashdod and the nearby

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villages with a plague of tumors.

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When the people realized what
was happening, they cried out,

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we can't keep the ark of the
God of Israel here any longer.

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He is against us.

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We will all be destroyed
along with Dagan, our God.

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So they called together the rulers of the
Philistine towns and asked, what should

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we do with the arc of the God of Israel?

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The rulers discussed it and replied,
move it to the town of Gath.

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So they moved the Ark of
the God of Israel to Gath.

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But when the Ark arrived at
Gath, the Lord's heavy hand

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fell on its men, young and old.

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He struck them with a plague of
tumors and there was a great panic.

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So they sent the arc of
God to the town of Akron.

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But when the people of Akron
saw it coming, they cried out.

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They are bringing the ark of the
God of Israel here to kill us too.

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The people summoned the Philistine rulers
again and begged them, please send the

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Ark of the God of Israel back to its
own country, or it will kill us all.

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For the deadly plague from God
had already begun and great fear

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was sweeping across the town.

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Those who didn't die were
afflicted with tumors.

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The cry from the town rose to heaven.

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This concludes today's
immerse reading experience.

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Thank you for joining us.