1 Samuel 4:17

New King James Version

So the messenger answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy’s hand.

Psalm 78:64

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

1 Samuel 2:34

Now this shall be a sign to you that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.

1 Samuel 3:11

Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12

In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 4:16

Then the man said to Eli, “I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line.” And he said, “What happened, my son?”

1 Samuel 4:18

Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.