1 Samuel 4:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ 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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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.

1 Samuel 4:17 Tagairtí Cros

1 Samuel 2:34

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.

1 Samuel 3:11

The Lord said to Samuel, ‘I am about to do something in Israel that will cause everyone who hears about it to shudder.  ,

1 Samuel 3:12

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 4:16

The man said to Eli, ‘I’m the one who came from the battle.  I fled from there today.’ ‘What happened, my son? ’  Eli asked.

1 Samuel 4:18

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backwards off the chair by the city gate,  and since he was old and heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had judged Israel for forty years.