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1 Samuel 4:17-19
New English Translation
1 Samuel 4:17-19
New English Translation
17 The messenger replied, “Israel has fled from[a] the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”
18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli[b] fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he[c] was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.
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- 1 Samuel 4:17 tn Heb “before.”
- 1 Samuel 4:18 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Samuel 4:18 tn Heb “the man.”
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