1 Samuel 4:17

New American Bible - revised edition

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.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

He gave up his might into captivity, his glorious ark into the hands of the foe.

Psalm 78:64

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

1 Samuel 2:34

This is a sign for you—what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. Both of them will die on the same day.

1 Samuel 3:11

The Lord said to Samuel: I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears it ring.

1 Samuel 3:12

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have said about his house, beginning to end.

1 Samuel 4:16

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

1 Samuel 4:18

At this mention of the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair into the gateway; he died of a broken neck since he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.