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Jan 4, 2022 · The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.”. Worse, when Eli heard the news, he fell backward from his seat, broke his neck, and died on the same day. The pregnant wife of Phinehas heard the news, and she went into labor and died while giving birth ( 1 Samuel 4:19–21 ). The son was named Ichabod, a name ...
Hophni ( Hebrew: חָפְנִי, Modern: Ḥofnī, Tiberian: Ḥop̄nī) and Phinehas or Phineas ( Hebrew: פִּינְחָס, Modern: Pīnḥas, Tiberian: Pīnəḥās) were the two sons of Eli. The first book of Samuel describes them as the officiating priests at the sanctuary of Shiloh at the time of Hannah. According to Josephus, Phinehas ...
The Sins of Eli’s Sons - Eli’s sons, ⌞Hophni and Phinehas,⌟ were good-for-nothing priests; they had no faith in the LORD. Now, this was how the priests dealt with the people who were offering sacrifices: While the meat was boiling, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand. Then he would stick it into the pot, kettle, cauldron, or pan. Whatever the fork ...
Hophni and Phinehas were the sons of Eli, the priest in Shiloh, who abused their privileges and were killed by the Philistines. They had Egyptian names and were contrasted with Samuel, the future leader of Israel.
HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS hŏf’ nī and fĭn’ ī əs ( חָפְנִי׃֙, פִּ֣נְחָ֔ס) The sons of Eli, high priest at Shiloh ( 1 Sam 2-4 ). They were greedy and rapacious in fulfilling their duties as priests before the altar of Jehovah and they acted immorally with women at the Tabernacle. According to the law of Moses, the worshiper ...
Hophni was one of the two sons of Eli, the high priest at Shiloh, who were condemned for their wickedness and killed in battle with the Philistines. Find out more about Hophni's character, his brother Phinehas, and their father Eli from various Bible dictionaries and commentaries.
HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS. hof'-ni, fin'-e-as, -az (chophni, "pugilist" (?), pinechac, probably "face of brass"): Sons of Eli, priests of the sanctuary at Shiloh. Their character was wicked enough to merit the double designation "sons of Eli" and (the King James Version) "sons of Belial" (the Revised Version, margin "base men," 1 Samuel 2:12 ). Their ...
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