1 Samuel 4:17

World Messianic Bible British Edition

He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter amongst the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”

Cross References

Psalm 78:61

and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.

Psalm 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.

1 Samuel 2:34

This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.

1 Samuel 3:11

The LORD said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12

In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.

1 Samuel 4:16

The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.” He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”

1 Samuel 4:18

When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.