(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
1 Samuel 4:10–11, “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 slain.”
Israel chose not to trust the Lord but to act like the nations. They used the ark of the Lord as an idol and they took the Name of the Lord in vain by pretending that He was another god, just like the gods of the Philistines. The Lord had warned Eli that both his sons would die in one day and they did. If we choose not to honour the Lord then, ultimately, the Lord will give us what we choose. Along the way He will be both gracious and merciful.
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