1 Samuel 4:17

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The messenger replied, Israel fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is captured.

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

And delivered His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, and His glory into the hands of the foe (the Philistines). [I Sam. 4:21.]

Psalm 78:64

Their priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation [for the bodies came not back from the scene of battle, and the widow of Phinehas also died that day]. [I Sam. 4:11, 19, 20.]

1 Samuel 2:34

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.]

1 Samuel 3:11

The Lord told Samuel, Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of all who hear it shall tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12

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

1 Samuel 4:16

The man said to Eli, I have come from the battle; I fled from the battle today. Eli said, How did it go, my son?

1 Samuel 4:18

And when he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.