The right answer to the why of 4:3 is that they had turned from God to sin & were not living to please Him.
The Israelites saw the Ark as a 'good luck charm', rather than a sign of God's glory. They were more bothered about it than God's glory being at stake.
We need to rightly fear the Lord God, but trust in Him in faith. When the Ark was taken, it led to judgment on the people. God is not to be taken lightly.
Samuel reminds the Israelites of the perspective that God is the One who has gone with them, and they should not and need not be afraid of man.
God is a God of grace. He shows that He is gracious to the Israelites despite their misguided motives.
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