1 Samuel 4:11

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The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

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Aphek, likely in the western foothills of Canaan, was the Philistine camp, while Ebenezer marked Israel’s nearby battlefield; after defeat there, the ark was taken to Shiloh, Israel’s central sanctuary. These places frame Israel’s disastrous attempt to use the ark as a guarantee of victory.

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1 Samuel 4:11 mentions Aphek, Ebenezer and Shiloh.