and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary's hand.
1 Samuel 4:17 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He who brought the news answered, Yisra'el is fled before the Pelishtim, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Chofni and Pinechas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The messenger replied, Israel fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is captured. American Standard Version (1901) And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. Common English Bible The messenger answered, “Israel has fled from the Philistines. The army has suffered a massive defeat. Also, your own two sons Hophni and Phinehas have died, and God’s chest has been taken!” Catholic Public Domain Version And responding, the man reported and said: "Israel has fled before the Philistines. And a great ruin has happened to the people. Moreover, your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, also have died. And the ark of God has been captured." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel has fled before the Philistines; and there has been a great slaughter of the people. Moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead. And the ark of God is taken. |
and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary's hand.
This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Chofni and Pinechas: in one day they shall die both of them.
The LORD said to Shemu'el, Behold, I will do a thing in Yisra'el, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
In that day I will perform against `Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
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 went the matter, my son?
It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [`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 Yisra'el forty years.