1 Samuel 4:16

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The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. He said, How went the matter, my son?

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Aphek, likely on the western approaches to the hill country, was where Israel camped before battling the Philistines; Ebenezer marked Israel’s nearby encampment and later memorial site. Shiloh, Israel’s central sanctuary housing the ark, received the devastating news of defeat and the ark’s capture.

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1 Samuel 4:16 mentions Aphek, Ebenezer and Shiloh.