And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.

So they went through the hill-country of Ephraim and through the land of Shalishah, but they saw no sign of them: then they went through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there: and they went through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not come across them.

Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:

And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.

But if they say, Come up to us; then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hands: and this will be the sign to us.

And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come back with a sign to say how they are.