1 Samuel 2:34

Here is a sign for you that this will happen regarding your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: both will die on the same day.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

33Anyone of your family not cut off from serving at my altar will make your eyes weep and cause you grief. All your descendants will die when full of life.

35I will choose for myself a trustworthy priest who will do what I really want, what I have in mind. I will make sure he and his descendants are trustworthy and they will always serve my anointed one.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:11The Ark of God was captured, and Hophni and Phinehas, Eli's two sons, died.

1 Samuel 4:21She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has left Israel,” because Ark of God had been captured, and her father-in-law and her husband had died.

1 Kings 13:3The same day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “This is the sign to prove that the Lord has spoken. Look! The altar will be split apart, and the ashes on it will spill out.”

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:28-36

Eli and His House Threatened. ( b. c. 1128.) 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine… Read the whole commentary →

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