He gave a sign that day. He said, ‘This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: “The altar will now be ripped apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.” ’
1 Samuel 2:34 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This will be the sign that will come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: both of them will die on the same day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And what befalls your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be a sign to you–in one day they both shall die. [Fulfilled in I Sam. 4:17, 18.] American Standard Version (1901) And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them. Common English Bible And what happens to your two sons Hophni and Phinehas will be a sign for you: they will both die on the same day. Catholic Public Domain Version But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: In one day they shall both of them die. |
He gave a sign that day. He said, ‘This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: “The altar will now be ripped apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.” ’
‘As for you, get up and go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the boy will die.
This will be the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped tightly in cloth and lying in a manger.’
When these signs have happened to you, do whatever your circumstances require , because God is with you.
Any man from your family I do not cut off from my altar will bring grief and sadness to you. All your descendants will die violently. ,
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end.
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
The messenger answered, ‘Israel has fled from the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.’
She named the boy Ichabod, saying, ‘The glory has departed from Israel,’ referring to the capture of the ark of God and to the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
‘The glory has departed from Israel,’ she said, ‘because the ark of God has been captured.’