9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye not serve the Hebrews as they have served you; quit yourselves like men and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled each one into his tent, and there was a very great slaughter, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And running out of the battle, a man of Benjamin came to Shiloh that same day with his clothes rent and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, behold Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and gave the news, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had become dim so that he could not see.