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    1. Everybody knows\u2026<\/span><\/i> For the Philistines, the Ark is God Himself. And they are familiar with its power since the desert wanderings. Just like the Canaanite peoples, from about 40 chapters ago (Joshua 9 and Joshua 2).<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Man up!<\/span> Or be a mentsch, dude. That\u2019s how you give a pep talk in Philistine – see verse 9.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
    3. The chair<\/span><\/i>. That\u2019s Eli\u2019s place, at the entrance to the House of the Lord. That\u2019s where we met him in chapter 1, and that\u2019s where he meets his demise here.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. The sign has been revealed<\/span><\/i>. The \u201cman of God\u201d said two chapters ago that \u201cThis shall be a sign for you: The fate of your two sons Hophni and Phinehas\u2014they shall both die on the same day\u201d (2:34). And that\u2019s just what happened. Stay tuned for the fulfilment of the end of the prophecy 53 chapters hence, in I Kings 2.<\/span><\/li>\n
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