Episode 255 - Positivity Successor (1 Samuel 4-5, 5-6)

0:00Hey positive people, welcome to positivity successor, schedule some money through Sunday and cool and holidays every season, every year, cool and leap year, thanks for tuning to our exchange of podcasts, God bless, Amen, have a positive day. Welcome to positivity successor episode 255, continuing on with the Bible, let's get into it. 4. The Philistines capture the ark. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines, the Israelites, camped at Ebenezer and the Philistines at Apphec. The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel. Now as battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines who killed about 4,000 of them on the battlefield. When the soldiers returned the camp, the elders of Israel asked, why did the Lord bring

1:04the feet upon us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the Lord's covenant from Shiloh so that it may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies. So the people sent men to Shiloh and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty who was enthroned between the cherubum and Eli's two sons, Hopney and Phineas were there with the ark of the covenant of God. When the ark of the Lord's covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook, hearing the uproar to Philistines asked, what's all this shouting in the Hebrew camp? When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, the Philistines were

2:09afraid. But a God has come into the camp, they said, we're in trouble. Nothing like this has happened before, woe to us. Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the desert. Be strong Philistines, be men or you will be subject to the Hebrews as they have spins to you, be men in fight. So the Philistines fought and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great. Israel lost 30,000 foot soldiers. The ark of God was captured and Eli's two sons, Hopney and Phineas died, death of Eli.

3:13That same day a Benjamin ran from the battle line and went to Shailah. His clothes torn and dust on his head. When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road watching because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry. Eli heard the outcry and asked, what is the meaning of this uproar? The man hurried over to Eli who was 98 years old and whose eyes were set so that he could not see. He told Eli, have just come from the battle line. I fled from it this very day. Eli asked, what happened to my son?

4:14The man who brought the news replied, Israel fled before the Philistines and the army had suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hopney and Phineas are dead and the ark of God had been captured. When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died for. He was an old man and heavy. And he had led Israel 40 years. His daughter Ma, the wife of Phineas was pregnant and near the time of delivery when she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured in that her father-in-law and her husband were dead. She went to labor and gave birth but was overcome by her labor pains. As she was dying, the woman attending her said, don't despair.

5:20You have given birth to a son but she did not respond or pay any attention. She named the boy Ayatab-Bad, saying, glory has departed from Israel because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. He said, the glory has departed from Israel for the ark of God had been captured. The ark in this ash-dod in Akron 5. After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took you from Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ebenezer to Ash-dod, then they carried the ark into Dagon's temple and set it beside Dagon.

6:21When the people of Ash-dod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, falling on his face on the ground before the ark of the world. They took Dagon and put him back in this place, but the falling morning when they rose, there was Dagon, falling on his face on the ground before the ark of the world. His head and hands had been broken off and were laying on the threshold. Only his body remained. That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon's temple at Ash-dod step on the threshold. The Lord's hand was heavy upon the people of Ash-dod and his vicinity. He brought devastation upon them and afflicted them with tumors.

7:24When the men of Ash-dod saw what was happening, they said, the ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy upon us, and upon Dagon our God, so they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked them, what shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? They answered, have the ark of the God of Israel moved to Gath, so they moved the ark of the God of Israel. After they had moved it, the Lord's hand was against that city, thrown into a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors, so they sent the ark of God to Echron. As the ark of God was entering Echron, the people of Echron cried out, they had brought

8:29the ark of the God of Israel around to us, to kill us in our people. So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, send the ark of the God of Israel away, let it go back to its own place, or it will kill us in our people. Our death had filled the city with panic. God's hand was very heavy upon it, those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, now cry of the city who went up to heaven. That's where we're going to stop, we'll pick back up with the ark, return to Israel 6. As you know, what we're ash dot in Echron, 5, 6, 10, ash dot in Echron were Philistines and cities, the Philistines had five large cities, these were two of the important centers

9:31of Philistines power. Life and Bible times, the broken idol, the Philistines worshiped an idol made of clay and called it their God, Dagon. This false God had many human features, such as a head and hands, Dagon fell and broke apart in front of the ark of God. This showed that the Lord is the true God. Thanks for tuning in to our interesting Bible read, more to look back at the reflection of yourselves in the mirror, it's all the beautiful and handsome people out there, because your work and progress will get you where you want to like, believe that, thanks for tuning to our interesting Bible read, thanks for tuning to another episode, Pository Successor, God bless, Amen, tune tomorrow for the next episode of Pository Successor, God bless, Amen, have a positive day.