5When the ark of the Lord 's covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook.


In Context

2 The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield.

3 When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why did the Lord bring defeat 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."

4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

5 When the ark of the Lord 's covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook.

6 Hearing the uproar, the 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,

7 the Philistines were afraid. "A god has come into the camp," they said. "We're in trouble! Nothing like this has happened before.

1st Samuel 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:5And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, and the earth rang again.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5And it came to pass when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, that all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth shook.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto the camp, that all Israel shout — a great shout — and the earth is moved.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5And 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.