1 Samuel 4:17

A Conservative Version

And he who brought the news answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. And thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

Cross References

1 Samuel 3:11

And LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

1 Samuel 2:34

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

1 Samuel 4:16

And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How did the matter go, my son?

1 Samuel 4:18

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate. And his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty year

Psalm 78:61

and delivered their strength into captivity, and their glory into the adversary's hand.

Psalm 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.

1 Samuel 3:12

In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.