1 Samuel 4:17

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He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

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Aphek was the Philistine camp and Ebenezer the Israelite camp near the battle site, probably in the central highlands; their exact locations remain uncertain. Shiloh, where Eli served at the

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1 Samuel 4:17 mentions Aphek, Ebenezer and Shiloh.