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1 Samuel 4:17

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.

KJV

Respondens autem ille qui nuntiabat : Fugit, inquit, Israël coram Philisthiim, et ruina magna facta est in populo : insuper et duo filii tui mortui sunt, Ophni et Phinees, et arca Dei capta est.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη τὸ παιδάριον καὶ εἶπεν Πέφευγεν ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ προσώπου ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ἐγένετο πληγὴ μεγάλη ἐν τῷ λαῷ, καὶ ἀμφότεροι οἱ υἱοί σου τεθνήκασιν, καὶ ἡ κιβωτὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐλήμφθη.

LXX

And he that brought the tidings 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.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֨עַן הַֽ/מְבַשֵּׂ֜ר וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר נָ֤ס יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְ/גַ֛ם מַגֵּפָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה הָיְתָ֣ה בָ/עָ֑ם וְ/גַם שְׁנֵ֨י בָנֶ֜י/ךָ מֵ֗תוּ חָפְנִי֙ וּ/פִ֣ינְחָ֔ס וַ/אֲר֥וֹן הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים נִלְקָֽחָה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People PhinehasPhinehasHophni

In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲר֣וֹן
'rvn
noun · 202×
בַשֵּׂ֛ר
bshr
verb · 24×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
חָפְנִ֖י
chpny
proper_noun · 5×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַּגֵּפָ֖ה
mgph
noun · 23×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
פִּֽינְחָ֣ס
pynchs
proper_noun · 23×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:34 — And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
  • Ps 78:64 — Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.