Hophni
Gender: Male
Years: -1165 - -1141
Dictionary Text: Pugilist or client, one of the two sons of Eli, the high priest;, who, because he was “very old,” resigned to them the active duties of his office. By their scandalous conduct they brought down a curse on their father’s house. For their wickedness they were called “sons of Belial,” i.e., worthless men. They both perished in the disastrous battle with the Philistines at Aphek.
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Verses
- 1 Samuel 4:17: And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
- 1 Samuel 4:11: And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
- 1 Samuel 4:4: So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Samuel 1:3: And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
- 1 Samuel 2:34: 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.
