Woe to us!
Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods?
These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
Be strong and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you.
Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”
The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent.
There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.