God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
- BSB The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
- NKJV Also the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
- NASB Moreover, the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
- NLT The Ark of God was captured, and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were killed.
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Cross-references · 5
- 1 Sam 2:34“‘This will be the sign to you, that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.
- Ps 78:64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
- 1 Sam 2:32You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
- Ps 78:60–61So that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
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