Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

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Bible References

Priests

1 Samuel 2:33
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,'shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.
1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

Widows

1 Samuel 4:19
And 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 brought forth; for her pains came upon her.
Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.
Ezekiel 24:23
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.

General references

Ezekiel 24:22
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

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