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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of 1 Samuel 2:34

32You will see the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house forever. 33Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will die in the prime of life. This will be the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on the same day both of them will die. 35But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always. 36Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, “Please assign me to one of the priest’s offices so that I may eat a piece 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

• Thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• the signאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• to you whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• will comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• concerningאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• your twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Hophniחׇפְנִיchophnîy · HophniH2652
• and Phinehasפִּינְחָסpîynechâs · PhinehasH6372
• on the sameאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of them will dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:34

• 1 Samuel 3:12In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
• 1 Kings 13:3Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the Lord has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’”
• 1 Kings 14:12Now you, arise, go to your house. When your feet enter the city the child will die.
• 1 Samuel 4:11And the ark of God was taken; 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