Land Distribution at Shiloh

18 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh^(A) where it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them.

³ When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by the Philistines?^(A) Let’s bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh. Then it^[a] will go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”^{(B) 4} So the people sent men to Shiloh to bring back the ark of the covenant of the Lord of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim.^(C) Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.