Thiswill be the signto you whichwill comeconcerningyour twosons,Hophniand Phinehas:on the samedaybothof them will die.
Then he gavea signthe sameday,saying,"Thisis the signwhichthe LORDhas spoken,'Behold,the altarshall be splitapartand the asheswhichare on it shall be pouredout.'"
"Now you, arise,goto your house.When your feetenterthe citythe childwill die.
"This[will be] a signfor you: you will finda babywrapped in clothsand lyingin a manger."
"It shall be whenthesesignscometo you, dofor yourself whatthe occasionrequires,for Godis with you.
Yet I will not cutoffeverymanof yours from My altarso that your eyeswill fail[from weeping] and your soulgrieve,and allthe increaseof your housewill diein the primeof life.
"In that dayI will carryout againstEliallthat I have spokenconcerninghis house,from beginningto end.
And the arkof Godwas taken;and the twosonsof Eli,Hophniand Phinehas,died.
Then the one who broughtthe newsreplied,"Israelhas fledbeforethe Philistinesand there has alsobeena greatslaughteramong the people,and your twosonsalso,Hophniand Phinehas,are dead,and the arkof Godhas been taken."
And she calledthe boyIchabod,saying,"The gloryhas departedfrom Israel,"becausethe arkof Godwas takenand becauseof her father-in-lawand her husband.
She said,"The gloryhas departedfrom Israel,for the arkof Godwas taken."
