1 Samuel 4:11
What does 1 Samuel 4:11 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 4:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the ark of God hath been taken, and the two sons of Eli have died, Hophni and Phinehas.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the ark ofGod was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Context
v.10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
v.11This passage
v.12And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:32
And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.
- 1 Samuel 2:34
And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
- Psalms 78:60
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
- Psalms 78:64
Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
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