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1 Samuel 4:11

EliHophniPhinehas
Death and lossGrief

9 Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

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

12 That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

13 When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.

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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.
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.
DARBY
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
BLB
And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli died—Hophni and Phinehas.
ÅB
Og Guds ark ble tatt, og begge Elis sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, mistet livet.
OTB
Guds ark falt i fiendens hender, og Elis to sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, mistet livet.
B1930
Og Guds ark blev tatt, og begge Elis sønner, Hofni og Pinehas, mistet livet.

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