1 Samuel 4:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The wife of Phinehas was about to give birth. And soon after she heard that the sacred chest had been captured and that her husband and his father had died, her baby came. The birth was very hard,

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

Then the LORD said to the woman, “You will suffer terribly when you give birth. But you will still desire your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Genesis 35:17

She was having a rough time, but the woman who was helping her said, “Don't worry! It's a boy.”

1 Kings 14:1

About the same time, Abijah son of Jeroboam got sick.

Psalm 78:64

Priests died violent deaths, but their widows were not allowed to mourn.

Jeremiah 26:6

I will destroy this temple, just as I destroyed the town of Shiloh. Then everyone on earth will use the name “Jerusalem” as a curse word.

1 Samuel 4:18

Eli was still sitting on a chair beside the wall of the town gate. And when the man said that the Philistines had taken the sacred chest, Eli fell backwards. He was a very heavy old man, and the fall broke his neck and killed him. He had been a leader of Israel for forty years.

1 Samuel 4:20

and she was dying. But the women taking care of her said, “Don't be afraid—it's a boy!” She didn't pay any attention to them.