Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
Priests
Widows
General references
Bible References
Priests
1 Samuel 2:33
Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar; your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul will grieve, and all those born in your house will die as men [in the prime of life].
1 Samuel 4:11
Also the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.
1 Samuel 22:18
So the king said to Doeg, “You turn around and attack the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests, and that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the [priest’s] linen ephod.
Widows
1 Samuel 4:19
Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was pregnant, and was about to give birth; so when she heard the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she kneeled down and gave birth, because her [labor] pains began.
Job 27:15
“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,
And [their] widows will not be able to weep.
“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,
And [their] widows will not be able to weep.
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 away in your sins and you will groan to one another.
General references
Ezekiel 24:22
You will do as I [Ezekiel] have done; you shall not cover your mustache nor eat the bread of [mourning brought to you by other] men.