1 Samuel 4:17

New Living Translation

“Israel has been defeated by the Philistines,” the messenger replied. “The people have been slaughtered, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were also killed. And the Ark of God has been captured.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

He allowed the Ark of his might to be captured; he surrendered his glory into enemy hands.

Psalm 78:64

Their priests were slaughtered, and their widows could not mourn their deaths.

1 Samuel 2:34

And to prove that what I have said will come true, I will cause your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, to die on the same day!

1 Samuel 3:11

Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.

1 Samuel 3:12

I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 4:16

He said to Eli, “I have just come from the battlefield—I was there this very day.” “What happened, my son?” Eli demanded.

1 Samuel 4:18

When the messenger mentioned what had happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and overweight. He had been Israel’s judge for forty years.