1 Samuel 2:34 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁴ And this which shall befall your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ And what befalls your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be a sign to you–in one day they both shall die. [Fulfilled in I Sam. 4:17, 18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

Common English Bible

³⁴ And what happens to your two sons Hophni and Phinehas will be a sign for you: they will both die on the same day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: In one day they shall both of them die.

1 Samuel 2:34 Cross References

1 Kings 13:3

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.’ ”

1 Kings 14:12

Arise therefore, go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.

Luke 2:12

And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

1 Samuel 10:7

Now when these signs meet you, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

1 Samuel 2:33

The man of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his eyes and grieve his heart; and all the increase of your house shall die by the sword of men.

1 Samuel 3:12

On that day I will fulfil against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 4:11

And the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

1 Samuel 4:17

He who brought the tidings answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people; your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

1 Samuel 4:21

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

1 Samuel 4:22

And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”