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A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

1 Samuel 4:12 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 શમુએલ ૪:૧૨
બિન્યામીનનો એક પુરુષ સૈન્યમાંથી ભાગ્યો, તેના વસ્ત્ર ફાટી ગયેલાં હતા, તેના માથામાં ધૂળ સાથે તે જ દિવસે તે શીલોમાં આવી પહોંચ્યો.
हिन्दी1 शमूएल ४:१२
तब उसी दिन एक बिन्यामीनी मनुष्य सेना में से दौड़कर अपने वस्त्र फाड़े और सिर पर मिट्टी डाले हुए शीलो पहुँचा।

In context

10The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.

11God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

12A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.

13When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.

14When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?” The man hurried, and came and told Eli.

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