1 Samuel 4:17

The Scriptures 2009

And the messenger answered and said, “Yisra’ĕl has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. And your two sons have died, Ḥophni and Pineḥas, and the ark of Elohim has been captured.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

And He gave His strength into captivity, And His comeliness into the hand of the adversary.

Psalm 78:64

His priests fell by the sword, And their widows could not weep.

1 Samuel 2:34

And this is the sign to you that comes upon your two sons, upon Ḥophni and Pineḥas: in one day they are going to die, both of them.

1 Samuel 3:11

And יהוה said to Shemu’ĕl, “See, I am doing a matter in Yisra’ĕl at which both ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12

“In that day I shall confirm against Ěli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 4:16

And the man said to Ěli, “I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line.” And he said, “What was the matter, my son?”

1 Samuel 4:18

And it came to be, when he made mention of the ark of Elohim, that Ěli 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 ruled Yisra’ĕl forty years.