1 Samuel 4:2 BSB — MannaFest

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16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּ	vai.ya.'ar.Khu	and they deployed	H6186 →
פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים	fe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
לִקְרַ֣את	lik.Rat	to meet	H7122 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַתִּטֹּשׁ֙	va.ti.Tosh	and it spread out	H5203 →
הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה	ha.mil.cha.Mah	the battle	H4421 →
וַיִּנָּ֥גֶף	vai.yi.Na.gef	and it was defeated	H5062 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	fe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
וַיַּכּ֤וּ	vai.ya.Ku	and they struck down	H5221 →
בַמַּֽעֲרָכָה֙	va.ma.'a.ra.Khah	in the battle line	H4634 →
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה	ba.sa.Deh	in the field	H7704 →
כְּאַרְבַּ֥עַת	ke.'ar.Ba.'at	about four	H702 →
אֲלָפִ֖ים	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →
אִֽישׁ׃	'Ish	man	H376 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Lamentations 3:40
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 13:5
  Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually fail the test?
- Psalms 139:23–24
  Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Joel 2:12–13
  “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
- Psalms 4:4
  Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Isaiah 55:7
  Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely…
Through
Joshua 7:12
This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be…
leads to
- Psalms 5:4–5
  For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
- Isaiah 59:2
  But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
Through
1 Samuel 17:8
And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 8:17
  He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Samuel 4:10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.Lamentations 3:40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.Psalms 78:62He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.1 Samuel 17:21And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.Joshua 7:12This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.1 Samuel 17:8And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.Psalms 79:7–8for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.Psalms 44:9–10But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.Joshua 7:5–8And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.Psalms 106:40–41So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.1 Samuel 2:31Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.Deuteronomy 1:42But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”

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