Psalm 78:64

Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger replied, "Israel has fled from the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!"

Job 27:15

Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.

1 Samuel 4:11

The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.

Ezekiel 24:23

Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves.

1 Samuel 2:33-34

Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and will cause you grief. All of those born to your family will die in the prime of life.

1 Samuel 4:19-20

His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.

1 Samuel 22:18-19

Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike down the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

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Summary

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

General references

Bible References

Priests

1 Samuel 2:33
Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and will cause you grief. All of those born to your family will die in the prime of life.
1 Samuel 4:11
The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.
1 Samuel 22:18
Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike down the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

Widows

1 Samuel 4:19
His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.
Job 27:15
Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.
Ezekiel 24:23
Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves.

General references

Ezekiel 24:22
Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

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