1 Samuel 4:11 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 4:11

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

YLT

and the ark of God hath been taken, and the two sons of Eli have died, Hophni and Phinehas.

DBT

And the ark ofGod was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

About this book

Old Testament

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
1 Samuel 2:34
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.
Psalms 78:64
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
1 Samuel 4:21
And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

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Their priests fell by the sword. The slaughter of the priests, considering their bad character, was no great loss to Israel, but it was a dreadful judgment upon the house of Eli. The word which God had spoken was fulfilled in it ( ch. ii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Thus as God was no loser by this event, so the Philistines were no gainers by it; and Israel, all things considered, received more good than hurt by it.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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1SA 4:11ISA 3:11 ECC 8:13
1SA 4:11ISA 3:11 JAS 2:13
1SA 4:11PSA 78:64 1SA 4:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1SA 4:11ISA 3:11 PSA 120:3-4
1SA 4:11ISA 3:11 PSA 28:4
1SA 4:11ISA 3:11 ISA 65:20
1SA 4:111SA 2:32 ZEC 8:4
1SA 4:111SA 2:34 1KI 13:3

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