Psalm 78:64

Lessons From Israel's Past

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The fire [of war] devoured His young men,
And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.
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His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep. ⁶⁵
Then the Lord awakened as from sleep,
Like a [mighty] warrior who awakens from the sleep of wine [fully conscious of his power].

By the Sword

Put to Death

With The Sword

Hophni

No

Phinehas

1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.”

Job 27:15

“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,
And [their] widows will not be able to weep.

1 Samuel 4:11

Also the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, 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 away in your sins and you will groan to one another.

1 Samuel 2:33-34

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 4:19-20

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.

1 Samuel 22:18-19

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.