1 Samuel 4:17

Modern King James Version

And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people also. And also your two sons, 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 hands.

Psalm 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows were not able to weep.

1 Samuel 2:34

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

1 Samuel 3:11

And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12

In that day I will confirm to Eli all that which I have spoken as to his house, beginning and making an end.

1 Samuel 4:16

And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How did the matter go, my son?

1 Samuel 4:18

And it happened when he spoke of the ark of God, he fell backward off the seat, 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.