1 Samuel 4:16

New American Bible - revised edition

The man said to Eli: “I have come from the battlefield; today I fled from there.” He asked, “What happened, my son?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:4

“What happened?” David said. “Tell me.” He answered that the soldiers had fled the battle and many of them had fallen and were dead; and that Saul and his son Jonathan were dead.

Joshua 7:19

Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and praise him by telling me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

1 Samuel 3:6

Again the Lord called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli. “Here I am,” he said. “You called me.” But he answered, “I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep.”

1 Samuel 4:17

And the messenger answered: “Israel fled from the Philistines; in fact, the troops suffered heavy losses. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”