Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies,
1 Samuel 4:11 - English Standard Version 2016 And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. [Foretold in I Sam. 2:34.] American Standard Version (1901) And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. Common English Bible God’s chest was taken, and Eli’s two sons Hophni and Phinehas died. Catholic Public Domain Version And the ark of God was captured. Also, the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain. |
Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies,
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.
Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.
On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.