1 Samuel 4:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater.

Psalm 78:64

Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.

1 Samuel 2:34

And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.

1 Samuel 3:11

And the Lord said to Samuel, See, I will do a thing in Israel at which the ears of everyone hearing of it will be burning.

1 Samuel 3:12

In that day I will do to Eli everything which I have said about his family, from first to last.

1 Samuel 4:16

And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?

1 Samuel 4:18

And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.