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1 Samuel 4:11
1 Samuel 4:11 is verse 11 of 1 Samuel chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
King James Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
World English Bible
God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
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1 Samuel 4:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
11 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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 78:61He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
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.