1 Samuel 2:34

1 Samuel 2:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you—they will both die on the same day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now this shall be a sign to you that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And to prove that what I have said will come true, I will cause your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, to die on the same day!

Context of 1 Samuel 2:34

32Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. 33The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants of your house shall die by the sword of men. And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day. 35And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever. 36And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, "Please put me in one of the priests' places, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"

1 Samuel 2:34 word by word

וְזֶה־לְּךָ֣ הָא֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָבֹא֙ אֶל־שְׁנֵ֣י בָנֶ֔יךָ אֶל־חָפְנִ֖י וּפִֽינְחָ֑ס בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד יָמ֥וּתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a signאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• unto thee, that shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• upon thy twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• on Hophniחׇפְנִיchophnîy · HophniH2652
• and Phinehasפִּינְחָסpîynechâs · PhinehasH6372
• in oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• they shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:34

• 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
• 1 Kings 13:3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: 'Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.'"
• 1 Kings 14:12Arise therefore, go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.
• 1 Samuel 4:11And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34They shall die both of them - Hophni and Phinehas were both killed very shortly after in the great battle with the Philistines in which the Israelites were completely routed, and the ark taken. See 1 Samuel 4:1-11.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-36Verses 27-36 Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to strive against the beginnings of wickedness, and to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. In the midst of the sentence against the house of Eli, mercy is promised to Israel. God's work shall never fall to the ground for want…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 2:34

• Abiathar
• Eli
• Hophni
• Judgments
• Parents

In the dictionaries

• Phinehas
• Hophni and Phinehas
• Abiathar
• Crouch
• Custom
• Dunghill
• Dust
• Eli
• Esteem
• Fleshhook

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings