King James Version
1 Samuel 4:11 in the King James Version says “And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. were slain: Heb. died” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. were slain: Heb. died”
1 Samuel 4:11 · KJV
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. quit: Heb. be men
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. were slain: Heb. died
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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