1 Samuel 4:17

Plain English Version

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.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 3:11

Then God said to him, “I will do something different in this place. After the Israel mob hear it, they will be shocked.

1 Samuel 3:12

I will finish up Eli’s family, as I said before.

1 Samuel 4:16

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

1 Samuel 4:18

Eli was still on his chair at the door. After he heard that the Philistia mob stole the special box, he fell over backwards, and he broke his neck and died. You see, he was an old man and very fat. He was boss of the Israel mob for 40 years. (We have not yet translated 4:19-22.)