1 Samuel 3-5 describes a very dark period in the history of Israel.  In 1 Samuel 4:10-11 we read, “So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 And the ark of God was captured, and … More Defeated, double-minded and drawing near