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
Any of you whom I don't eliminate from serving at my altar will grow tired from weeping, and their souls will grieve. All the increase of your family will die by violence.
1 Samuel 4:11
The Ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, died.
1 Samuel 22:18
Then the king told Doeg, "You turn and attack the priests." Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who carry the linen ephod.
Widows
1 Samuel 4:19
Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and ready to give birth. When she heard the report about the capture of the Ark of God and that her father-in-law and husband were dead, she crouched down and gave birth, because her labor pains suddenly began.
Job 27:15
Those who do survive him disease will bury, and his widow won't even weep.
Ezekiel 24:23
Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals will be on your feet. You won't mourn or weep. Instead, you'll waste away in your sins. Every one of you will groan to his relative.
General references
Ezekiel 24:22
That's why you will soon be doing what I've just done. You are not to cover your mouth or eat what your comforters bring to you.