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
And that man of yours whom I shall not cut off from My altar, shall be left in order to make your eyes fail, and to grieve your heart. And all the increase of your house shall die young men.
1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken. And Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were slain.
1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, You turn and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned and fell on the priests. And on that day he killed eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.
Widows
1 Samuel 4:19
And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, ready to be delivered. And when she heard the report that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her.
Job 27:15
Those who remain of him shall be buried in death; and his widows shall not weep.
Ezekiel 24:23
And your turbans shall be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away for your iniquities and mourn to one another.
General references
Ezekiel 24:22
And you shall do as I have done. You shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of men.