1 Samuel 4:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.

Psalm 78:64

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

1 Samuel 2:34

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

1 Samuel 3:11

Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one that hears it will tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12

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

1 Samuel 4:16

And the man said to Eli, “I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” And he said, “How did it go, my son?”

1 Samuel 4:18

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.