Yet they tested the Most High God and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees
1 Samuel 4:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. [Foretold in I Sam. 2:34.] American Standard Version (1901) And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. Common English Bible God’s chest was taken, and Eli’s two sons Hophni and Phinehas died. Catholic Public Domain Version And the ark of God was captured. Also, the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain. |
Yet they tested the Most High God and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees
Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.
Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor’s family.
The fate of your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.
On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
She named the child Ichabod, meaning, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.