³ Year after year^(A) this man went up from his town to worship^(B) and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh,^(C) where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli,^(D) were priests of the Lord.

³⁴ “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign^(A) to you—they will both die^(B) on the same day.^(C)

⁴ So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim.^(A) And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

¹¹ The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.^(A)

¹⁷ The man who brought the news replied, “Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,^(A) and the ark of God has been captured.”^(B)