1 Samuel 4:17

New American Standard Bible 2020

Then the one who brought the news replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great defeat among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas are also dead; and the ark of God has been taken.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

And He gave up His strength to captivity And His glory into the hand of the enemy.

Psalm 78:64

His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep.

1 Samuel 2:34

And this will be the sign to you which will come in regard to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on the same day both of them will die.

1 Samuel 3:11

Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I am going to do a thing in Israel, and both ears of everyone who hears about it will ring.

1 Samuel 3:12

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken in regard to his house, from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 4:16

The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today.” And he said, “How are things, my son?”

1 Samuel 4:18

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. And so he judged Israel for forty years.