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1 Samuel 4:17 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 4 · verse 17 · King James Version
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.1 Samuel 4:17 · King James Version
1 Samuel 4:17 in context
15Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
17And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
18And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
Key words (Strong's)
- PhilistinesPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethH6430 →
- messengerbâsarproperly, to be freshH1319 →
- slaughtermaggêphâha pestilenceH4046 →
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
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