“And 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.”
So they sent to Shiloh, and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God—*YHWH tzva'ot yoshev al-hakerubim* (the LORD of hosts, enthroned on the cherubim) is the full, majestic title, invoked precisely because of the army's assumption that the ark will deliver military victory. Hophni and Phinehas, the corrupt priests, escort the ark, adding sacrilege to presumption.
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