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Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 4:11

And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas died.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aphek;   Ark;   Armies;   Eli;   Hophni;   Israel;   Judgments;   Parents;   Superstition;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ark;   Hophni;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahitub;   Ark of the Covenant;   Eli;   Philistines;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Eli;   Philistia, philistines;   Phinehas;   Samuel, books of;   Tabernacle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Lord's Name Taken in Vain;   Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Phinehas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Phinehas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Philistines, the;   Phinehas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Philistines;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hophni ;   Phinehas ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hophni;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Eli;   Phinehas;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hoph'ni;   Phin'ehas;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eben-Ezer;   Hophni;   Iyyar;   Micah;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 30;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Hebrew Names Version
The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of `Eli, Hofni and Pinechas, were slain.
King James Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Lexham English Bible
Furthermore, the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
English Standard Version
And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
New Century Version
The Ark of God was taken by the Philistines, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
New English Translation
The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.
Amplified Bible
Also the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Contemporary English Version
Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and the sacred chest was captured.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moreover, the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of ‘Eli, Hofni and Pinchas, died.
Darby Translation
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Philistines took God's Holy Box and killed Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas.
George Lamsa Translation
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Good News Translation
God's Covenant Box was captured, and Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were both killed.
Literal Translation
And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli died, Hophni and Phinehas.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& the Arke of God was take, & the two sonnes of Eli, Ophni and Phineas dyed.
American Standard Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Bible in Basic English
And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni & Phinehes, were dead.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
King James Version (1611)
And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas were slaine.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni, and Phinees, died.
English Revised Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Berean Standard Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the arke of God was takun; and, twei sones of Heli, Ophym and Fynees, weren deed.
Young's Literal Translation
and the ark of God hath been taken, and the two sons of Eli have died, Hophni and Phinehas.
Update Bible Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
World English Bible
The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
New King James Version
Also the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
New Living Translation
The Ark of God was captured, and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were killed.
New Life Bible
The special box of God was taken. And Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
New Revised Standard
The ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the ark of God, was taken, - and, the two sons of Eli, were slain, Hophni and Phinehas.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.
Revised Standard Version
And the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phin'ehas, were slain.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Contextual Overview

10 And the Philistims fought, and Israel was smitten downe, and fled euery man into his tent: and there was an exceeding great slaughter: for there fell of Israel thirtie thousand footemen. 11 And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas died.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the ark: 1 Samuel 2:32, Psalms 78:61

the two sons: 1 Samuel 2:34, Psalms 78:64, Isaiah 3:11

were slain: Heb. died

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:19 - will break Judges 18:17 - the graven Judges 18:30 - until 1 Samuel 1:3 - And the 1 Samuel 2:31 - I will cut 1 Samuel 4:17 - Israel 1 Samuel 5:1 - took 1 Samuel 31:6 - General 2 Samuel 15:24 - bearing 1 Chronicles 10:6 - Saul Psalms 60:1 - scattered Psalms 60:10 - didst Psalms 78:62 - gave Proverbs 3:6 - In Jeremiah 7:12 - and see Jeremiah 7:14 - as

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattell, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast cast me out this day fro the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.
Genesis 4:15
Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde. And the Lord set a marke vpon Kain, lest any man finding him should kill him.
Genesis 4:16
Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech tooke him two wiues: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.
Genesis 4:21
And his brothers name was Iubal, who was the father of all that play on the harpe and organes.
Genesis 4:26
And to ye same Sheth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enosh. Then beganne men to call vpon the name of the Lord.
Job 16:18
O earth, couer not thou my blood, & let my crying finde no place.
Isaiah 26:21
For lo, the Lord commeth out of his place, to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitants of the earth vpon them: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more hide her slaine.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the ark of God was taken,.... By the Philistines; which was suffered partly as a punishment to the Israelites, for fetching it from the tabernacle without the will of God, and for their vain confidence in it; and partly that the Philistines might have an experiment of the power and might of God, as Procopius Gazaeus observes, by what they would suffer through having it among them; some have thought that this was an emblem of Christ being delivered into the hands of the Gentiles, and of the Gospel being translated from the Jews to them: and the two sons of Eli,

Hophni and Phinehas, were slain; which fulfilled the prophecy of the man of God, that they should both die in one day, 1 Samuel 2:34. It is very probable they stood fast by the ark, and chose rather to die than to give it up freely; having received a charge from their father, that if the ark was taken, not to desire life, nor ever dare to come into his presence more, as Josephus a relates.

a Antiqu. l. 5. c. 11. sect. 2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 4:11. Hophni and Phinehas were slain. — They probably attempted to defend the ark, and lost their lives in the attempt.


 
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