1 Samuel 4:11
New International Version
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

New Living Translation
The Ark of God was captured, and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were killed.

English Standard Version
And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Berean Standard Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

King James Bible
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

New King James Version
Also the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

NASB 1995
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

NASB 1977
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Amplified Bible
Also the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.

Christian Standard Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

American Standard Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Ark of LORD JEHOVAH was taken and the two sons of Eli, Khaphni and Phinkhas, died

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni, and Phinees, died.

Contemporary English Version
Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and the sacred chest was captured.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.

English Revised Version
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The ark of God was captured. Both of Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Good News Translation
God's Covenant Box was captured, and Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were both killed.

International Standard Version
The Ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, died.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

Literal Standard Version
and the Ark of God has been taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, have died.

Majority Standard Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

New American Bible
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were dead.

NET Bible
The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.

New Revised Standard Version
The ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

New Heart English Bible
The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

World English Bible
God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

Young's Literal Translation
and the ark of God hath been taken, and the two sons of Eli have died, Hophni and Phinehas.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Philistines Capture the Ark
10So 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. 11The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Cross References
1 Samuel 2:31
Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that no older man will be left in your house.

1 Samuel 2:34
And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

1 Samuel 4:21
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.

Psalm 78:56
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

Psalm 78:60
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.

Jeremiah 7:12
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.


Treasury of Scripture

And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

the ark

1 Samuel 2:32
And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

Psalm 78:61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

the two sons

1 Samuel 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.

Psalm 78:64
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

were slain [heb] died

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1 Samuel 4
1. The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Ebenezer
3. They fetch the ark unto the terror of the Philistines
10. They are smitten again, the ark taken, and Hophni and Phinehas are slain
12. Eli at the news, falling backward, breaks his neck
19. Phinehas's wife, discouraged in her travail with Ichabod, dies














(11) And the ark of God was taken.--The bare fact, without comment or note, is given of this, the greatest calamity that had yet happened to Israel. All the people would know by this terrible sign that their invisible King had withdrawn His countenance from them; but the loss of the Ark to the heathen taught another lesson, not merely for the Israel of the days of Eli and Samuel--the eternal truth that "the living God does not bind His presence to a dead thing" (Erdmann). But though it was a dead thing, it was inexpressibly precious to the patriot Israelite. Was it not the ark "which Moses had made by God's command at Sinai, and on which the Divine presence was enshrined in the Holy of Holies; and which had accompanied Israel in their marches through the wilderness, and before which the waters of Jordan had fled backward, and the walls of Jericho had fallen down?--that ark was taken by idolaters."--Bishop Wordsworth.

The two sons of Eli . . . were slain.--This was in strict accordance with the saying of the man of God. (See 1Samuel 2:34.)

Verse 11. - Moreover, the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain, according to the prediction of the man of God. Probably the last resistance was made round the ark, and the sons of Eli at least died "as men" (1 Samuel 2:33). THE OVERTHROW OF ELI'S HOUSE (vers. 12-22).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The ark
וַאֲר֥וֹן (wa·’ă·rō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 727: A chest, ark

of God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

was captured,
נִלְקָ֑ח (nil·qāḥ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

and Eli’s
עֵלִי֙ (‘ê·lî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5941: Eli -- a priest at Shiloh

two
וּשְׁנֵ֤י (ū·šə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

sons,
בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

Hophni
חָפְנִ֖י (ḥā·p̄ə·nî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2652: Hophni -- a son of Eli

and Phinehas,
וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃ (ū·p̄î·nə·ḥās)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6372: Phinehas -- three Israelites

died.
מֵ֔תוּ (mê·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill


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