1 Samuel 4:11

The Ark of the Covenant was captured. Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Your two sons Hophni and Phinehas will both die on the same day. This will show you a sign that everything I have said will come true.

His priests were cut down with swords. The widows of his priests could not even weep for them.

You will see the enemy in my house even though God does good for Israel. There will not be an old man in your house forever.

He abandoned his dwelling place in Shiloh, the tent where he had lived among humans.

How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done to others will be done to them.

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

You will see the enemy in my house even though God does good for Israel. There will not be an old man in your house forever.

He allowed his power to be taken captive and handed his glory over to an oppressor.

Your two sons Hophni and Phinehas will both die on the same day. This will show you a sign that everything I have said will come true.

His priests were cut down with swords. The widows of his priests could not even weep for them.

How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done to others will be done to them.

That is how Saul, his three sons, and the young man died. All of Saul's men died that day.