1 Samuel 4:10

The Ark Captured

⁹ Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, so that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you; act like men and fight!” ¹⁰ So the Philistines fought; Israel was defeated and every man fled to his tent. It was a very great defeat, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. ¹¹ Also the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.

Men of Israel

Israel

Philistines

Deuteronomy 28:25

“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them one way, but flee before them seven ways, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth [when they see your destruction].

1 Samuel 4:2

The Philistines assembled in battle formation to meet Israel, and when the battle was over, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.

2 Kings 14:12

Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his tent.

Leviticus 26:17

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

2 Samuel 18:17

They took [down the body of] Absalom and threw him into a deep pit in the forest and set up a huge mound of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his own tent.

2 Samuel 18:7

The men of Israel [who supported Absalom] were defeated there by the men of David, and a great slaughter took place there that day, 20,000 men.

2 Samuel 19:8

Then the king stood and sat at the gate [of Mahanaim]. And they told all the people, “The king is sitting at the gate,” and all the people came before the king.But Israel [Absalom’s troops] had fled, every man to his tent.

2 Samuel 20:1

There happened to be there a worthless and wicked man named Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. He blew a trumpet [to call Israel to revolt] and said,“We have no portion in David
And no inheritance in the son of Jesse,
Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

1 Kings 12:16

So when all [the ten northern tribes of] Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people replied to the king, saying,“What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
To your tents, O Israel!
Look now after your own house, David!” Then Israel went back to their tents.

1 Kings 22:36

Then about sundown a resounding cry passed throughout the army, saying, “Every man to his city and every man to his own country!”

2 Chronicles 13:17

Abijah and his people inflicted on them a great defeat, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

2 Chronicles 25:22

And Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled, every man to his tent.

2 Chronicles 28:5-6

Therefore the Lord his God handed over Ahaz to the king of Aram (Syria), who defeated him and led away a great number [of the people] as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck Judah with a great slaughter.

Psalm 78:9

The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

Psalm 78:60-64

So that He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
The tent in which He had dwelled among men,

Isaiah 10:3-6

Now what will you do in the day of [God’s] punishment,
And in the storm of devastation which will come from far away?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]?