Psalm 78:64

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Job 27:15

Others will die of disease, and their widows won't be able to weep.

Ezekiel 24:23

You won't take off your turbans and your sandals. You won't cry or mourn, but all day long you will go around groaning because of your sins.

1 Samuel 4:11

Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and the sacred chest was captured.

1 Samuel 4:17

“Israel ran away from the Philistines,” the soldier answered. “Many of our people were killed, including your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. But worst of all, the sacred chest was captured.”

1 Samuel 4:21

Instead she kept thinking about losing her husband and her father-in-law. So she said, “My son will be named Ichabod, because the glory of Israel left our country when the sacred chest was captured.”