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1 Samuel 4:11

EliHophniPhinehas
Death and lossGrief

9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

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

12 And 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.

13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the 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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