1 Samuel 4:17
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And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
In other translations
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַןvaiya'anand he answeredH6030הַמְבַשֵּׂרhamvaserthe bearer of newsH1319וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559נָסnasit has fledH5127יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440פְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430וְגַםvegamand alsoH1571מַגֵּפָהmagefaha slaughterH4046גְדוֹלָהgedolahgreatH1419הָיְתָהhayetahit has beenH1961בָעָםva'amamong the peopleH5971וְגַם־vegam-and alsoH1571שְׁנֵיshenei[the] twoH8147בָנֶיךָvaneikhasons yourH1121מֵתוּmetuthey have diedH4191חָפְנִיchafeniHophniH2652וּפִינְחָסufinchasand PhinehasH6372וַאֲרוֹןva'aronand [the] ark ofH727הָאֱלֹהִיםha'elohim<the> GodH430נִלְקָחָה׃ פnilkachahit has been takenH3947
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Samuel 3:11And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
- 1 Samuel 4:10-1110 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. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.
People and places
People: Hophni, Jacob, Phinehas (son of Eli)