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1 Samuel 4:11

The special box of God was taken. And Eli's two sons, 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes 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 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 So the Philistines fought, and Israel lost. Every man ran to his tent. And many were killed, for 30,000 foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 The special box of God was taken. And Eli's two sons, 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 snake, "Because you have done this, you will be hated and will suffer more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You will go on your stomach and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 4:14
See, this day You have made me go away from the land. And I will be hidden from Your face. I will run away and move from place to place. And whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
So the Lord said to him, "Whoever kills Cain will be punished by Me seven times worse." And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that any one who found him would not kill him.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went away from the face of the Lord, and stayed in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
Lamech took two wives for himself. The name of one was Adah. And the name of the other was Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of those who live in tents and have cattle.
Genesis 4:21
His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and the horn.
Genesis 4:26
A son was born to Seth also, and he gave him the name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.
Job 16:18
"O earth, do not cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
Isaiah 26:21
For see, the Lord is about to come out from His place to punish the people of the earth for their sin. And the earth will let the blood be seen that has poured on her. She will no longer cover her dead.

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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