1 Samuel 4:11
King James VersionSource notes
“And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.”
Context
8Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told all the city cried out.
14And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.