KJV King James Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
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1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
WEB World English Bible
The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
ASV American Standard Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the ark of God hath been taken, and the two sons of Eli have died, Hophni and Phinehas.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 4
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told [it], all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What [meaneth] the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
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1 Samuel 2:34And 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.Psalm 78:64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.1 Samuel 2:32And thou shalt see an enemy [in my] habitation, in all [the wealth] which [God] shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.Psalm 78:60-61So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;
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