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1 Samuel 2:34
1 Samuel 2:34 is verse 34 of 1 Samuel chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
King James Version
And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
World English Bible
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.
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1 Samuel 2:32–36 · Berean Standard Bible
32 You 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.
33 And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
34 And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
35 Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
36 And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.
1 Kings 13:3That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
1 Kings 14:12As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
1 Samuel 4:11The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
1 Samuel 4:17The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”