1 Samuel 4:11

וַאֲרוֹן אֱלֹהִים נִלְקָח וּשְׁנֵי בְנֵֽי ־ עֵלִי מֵתוּ חָפְנִי וּפִֽינְחָֽס ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

In Context

10וַיִּלָּחֲמוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיִּנָּגֶף יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּנֻסוּ אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו וַתְּהִי הַמַּכָּה גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד וַיִּפֹּל מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף רַגְלִֽי ׃

12וַיָּרָץ אִישׁ ־ בִּנְיָמִן מֵהַמַּעֲרָכָה וַיָּבֹא שִׁלֹה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וּמַדָּיו קְרֻעִים וַאֲדָמָה עַל ־ רֹאשֽׁוֹ ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:32וְהִבַּטְתָּ צַר מָעוֹן בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר ־ יֵיטִיב אֶת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹֽא ־ יִהְיֶה זָקֵן בְּבֵיתְךָ כָּל ־ הַיָּמִֽים ׃

1 Samuel 3:12בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָקִים אֶל ־ עֵלִי אֵת כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל ־ בֵּיתוֹ הָחֵל וְכַלֵּֽה ׃

Psalms 78:64כֹּהֲנָיו בַּחֶרֶב נָפָלוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּֽינָה ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 4:11-12

The Defeat of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1120.) 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. Here is a short account of the issue of this battle. I. Israel was smitten, the army dispersed and totally routed, not retiring into the camp, as before ( v. 2 ) when they hoped to rally again, but… Read the whole commentary →

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