1 Samuel 2:31 References
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'Behold, athe days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father's house so that there will not be an old man in your house.
a 1 Samuel 4:11-18, 1 Samuel 22:17-20
1 Samuel 4
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Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with ahis clothes torn and dust on his head.
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When he came, behold, aEli was sitting on his seat by the road eagerly watching, because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. So the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.
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When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, "What does the noise of this commotion mean?" Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli.
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The man said to Eli, "I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today." And he said, "aHow did things go, my son?"
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Then the one who brought the news replied, "Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken."
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When he mentioned the ark of God, aEli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.
1 Samuel 22
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And athe king said to the guards who were attending him, "Turn around and put the priests of the Lord to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me." But the bservants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to attack the priests of the Lord.
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Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around and attack the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and ahe killed that day eighty-five men bwho wore the linen ephod.