1 SAMUEL 4:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
The messenger replied: Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people; moreover your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured—the *basar* (messenger's report) contains three devastating elements: (1) *Israel nus* (Israel fled), (2) *gam beneycha shuteyim* (your two sons are dead), (3) *aron Elohim nilkach* (the ark is captured). The reversal of the opening prophecy is complete.
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