OLD TESTAMENT

1 Samuel 4:2

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The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

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Verse 2. Here, and so forth Hebrew “in the field” of battle. Calmet.—Septuagint “in the ranks, in the field.” Bible.

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