Psalm 78:64

Lessons From Israel's Past

⁶³ Fire consumed His chosen young men,
and His young women had no wedding songs.
⁶⁴ His priests fell by the sword,
but the widows could not lament. ⁶⁵ Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
like a warrior from the effects of wine.

By the Sword

Put to Death

With The Sword

Hophni

No

Phinehas

1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger answered, “Israel has fled from the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

Job 27:15

Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
yet their widows will not weep for them.

1 Samuel 4:11

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Ezekiel 24:23

Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not lament or weep but will waste away because of your sins and will groan to one another.

1 Samuel 2:33-34

Any man from your family I do not cut off from My altar will bring grief and sadness to you. All your descendants will die violently.

1 Samuel 4:19-20

Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news about the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth because her labor pains came on her.

1 Samuel 22:18-19

So the king said to Doeg, “Go and execute the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite went and executed the priests himself. On that day, he killed 85 men who wore linen ephods.