1 Samuel 4:17

King James 2000

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

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

Psalm 78:64

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

1 Samuel 2:34

And this shall be a sign unto you, that shall come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall both of them die.

1 Samuel 3:11

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

1 Samuel 3:12

In that day I will perform against Eli all the things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

1 Samuel 4:16

And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?

1 Samuel 4:18

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the 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 years.