1 Samuel 4:11
Good News Translation
God's Covenant Box was captured, and Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were both killed.

New Revised Standard Version
The ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Contemporary English Version
Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and the sacred chest was captured.

New American Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.

the ark

1 Samuel 2:32 And thou shalt see thy rival in the temple, in all the prosperity of Israel, and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

Psalm 78:61 And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.

the two sons

1 Samuel 2:34 And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: in one day they shall both of them die.

Psalm 78:64 Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn.

Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

were slain [heb] died

Context
The Philistines Capture the Ark
10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was overthrown, and every man fled to his own dwelling: and there was an exceeding great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 11And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:31
Behold the days come: and I will cut off thy arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

1 Samuel 2:34
And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: in one day they shall both of them die.

1 Samuel 4:21
And she called the child Ichabod, saying: The glory is gone from Israel, because the ark of God was taken, and for her father in law, and for her husband:

Psalm 78:56
Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.

Psalm 78:60
And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men.

Jeremiah 7:12
Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:

1 Samuel 4:10
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