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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