SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:11
Y el arca de Dios fue tomada, y muertos los dos hijos de Elí, Ofni y Finees.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 4:11
Verse 11. Hophni and Phinehas were slain.] They probably attempted to defend the ark, and lost their lives in the attempt.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. And the ark of God was taken , etc.] By the Philistines; which was suffered partly as a punishment to the Israelites, for fetching it from the tabernacle without the will of God, and for their vain confidence in it; and partly that the Philistines might have an experiment of the power and might of God, as Procopius Gazaeus observes, by what they would suffer through having it among them; some have thought that this was an emblem of Christ being delivered into the hands of the Gentiles, and of the Gospel being translated from the Jews to them: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas , were slain; which fulfilled the prophecy of the man of God, that they should both die in one day, ( 1 Samuel 2:34). It is very probable they stood fast by the ark, and chose rather to die than to give it up freely; having received a charge from their father, that if the ark was taken, not to desire life, nor ever dare to come into his presence more, as Josephus relates.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10, 11 - The taking of the ark was a great judgment upon Israel, and a certai token of God's displeasure. Let none think to shelter themselves from the wrath of God, under the cloak of outward profession.
Original Hebrew
וארון 727 אלהים 430 נלקח 3947 ושׁני 8147 בני 1121 עלי 5941 מתו 4191 חפני 2652 ופינחס׃ 6372
