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A second battle was fought, and again the Philistines defeated the Israelites, stormed their camp, slew 30,000 men, and took the Ark of the Covenant. The news of this fatal battle quickly arrived in Shiloh; and so soon as the aged Eli heard that the ark of God was taken, he fell backward from his seat at the entrance of the sanctuary, breaking his neck and dying.

The tabernacle with its furniture was probably, by the advice of Samuel, now about twenty years of age, removed from Shiloh to some laceplace of safety, and finally to Nob, where it remained many years (21:1). The Philistines followed up their advantage, and marched upon Shiloh, which they plundered and destroyed (compare Jer. 7:12; Ps. 78:59).

==Twenty years after ==