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The Philistines Capture the Ark

1 Samuel 4:11

In 11 translations

BSB
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
KJV
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.were slain: Heb. died
WEB
God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
ASV
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
LSV
and the Ark of God has been taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, have died.
YLT
and the ark of God hath been taken, and the two sons of Eli have died, Hophni and Phinehas.
DBY
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.Elohim
DRC
And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.
GNV
And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas died.
JPS
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
LXXE
And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, died.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַאֲר֥וֹן אֱלֹהִ֖ים נִלְקָ֑ח וּשְׁנֵ֤י בְנֵֽי־עֵלִי֙ מֵ֔תוּ חָפְנִ֖י וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ κιβωτὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐλήφθη, καὶ ἀμφότεροι οἱ υἱοὶ Ἡλὶ ἀπέθανον, Ὀφνὶ καὶ Φινεές.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 2:34And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
  • Psalms 78:64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
  • Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
  • 1 Samuel 2:32You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
  • Psalms 78:60–61He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

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