Tabernacle of congregation set up at Shiloh—Benjamin receives inheritance by lot.

 AND the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at ^aShiloh^•, and set up the ^btabernacle^• of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

Hannah prays for a son, and vows to give him to the Lord—Eli the priest blesses her—Samuel is born—Hannah loans him to the Lord.

 AND the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside ^aEben^•-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in ^bAphek^•.

 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

 ¶ And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ^aark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the ^acherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.

 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these ^amighty^• Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

 Be strong, and ^aquit^• yourselves like ^bmen^•, O ye Philistines, that ye be not ^cservants^• unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

 ¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were ^aslain^•.