- And the:
- "So Hannahª rose upª° afterª they had eatenª° in Shiloh,ª and afterª they had drunk.ª° Now Eliª the priestª satª° upon¹ a seatª by¹ a postª of the templeª of the LORD.ª" {1Sm 1:9} + "Now the sonsª of Eliª [were] sonsª of Belial;ª they knewª° not¹¹ the LORD.ª ... Wherefore the sinª of the young menª was¹ veryª greatª¹ beforeª the LORD:ª for¹ men²¹ abhorredª°¹ the offeringª of the LORD.ª" {1Sm 2:12-17} + "And this¹ [shall be] a signª unto thee, that¹ shall comeª° upon¹ thy twoª sons,ª on¹ Hophniª and Phinehas;ª in oneª dayª they shall dieª° bothª of them." {1Sm 2:34} + "For I have toldª° him that¹ I¹ will judgeª°¹ his houseª for² everª¹ for the iniquityª which¹ he knoweth;ª° because¹ his sonsª made themselves vile,ª° and he restrainedª° them not.¹" {1Sm 3:13} + "So the peopleª sentª° to Shiloh,ª that they might bringª° from thence¹¹¹ the arkª of the covenantª of the LORDª of hosts,ª which dwellethª° [between] the cherubims:ª and the twoª sonsª of Eli,ª Hophniª and Phinehas,ª [were] there¹ with¹ the arkª of the covenantª of God.ª" {1Sm 4:4} + "And the arkª of Godª was taken;ª° and the twoª sonsª of Eli,ª Hophniª and Phinehas,ª were slain.ª°" {1Sm 4:11} + "And the messengerª° answeredª° and said,ª° Israelª is fledª° beforeª the Philistines,ª and there hath been¹ also¹ a greatª slaughterª among the people,ª and thy twoª sonsª also,¹ Hophniª and Phinehas,ª are dead,ª° and the arkª of Godª is taken.ª° ... And it came to pass,¹ when he made mentionª° of¹ the arkª of God,ª that he fellª° from off¹¹ the seatª backwardª byª the sideª of the gate,ª and his neckª brake,ª° and he died:ª° for¹ he was an oldª° man,ª and heavy.²°¹ And he¹ had judgedª°¹ Israelª fortyª years.ª" {1Sm 4:17-18}
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