1 Samuel 4:16

Plain English Version

The man ran over to Eli and said, “Old man, I ran away from the fighting.” The old man asked, “What happened?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:4

David asked him, “What happened in that fight? Tell me.” He answered, “The Philistia mob killed dead lots of our soldiers, and our other soldiers ran away. Saul and his son Jonathan died too.” (We have not yet translated 1:5-10.)

1 Samuel 3:6

Then God called out again, “Samuel.” So the boy got up again and went to Eli and said, “Yes? What is it? You called out to me.” The old man said, “No, boy, I didn’t call out to you. Go back and lie down.”

1 Samuel 4:17

He answered, “We Israel mob ran away from the Philistia mob. They killed dead lots of our soldiers, and your 2 sons are dead too. And they even stole God’s special box from us.”