1 Samuel 2:34

34 "'I will give you a sign. Both your sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will die on the same day.

1 Samuel 2:34 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 2:34

This shall be a sign unto thee
A confirming one, that all which had been now said would be fulfilled:

that shall come upon thy two sons, Hophni and Phinehas;
which Eli would live to see fulfilled on them; and when it was, he might be assured the rest would be most certainly accomplished, and it was this:

in one day they shall die both of them;
as they did in battle with the Philistines, ( 1 Samuel 4:11 ) .

1 Samuel 2:34 In-Context

32 You will see trouble in my house. No matter what good things happen to Israel, there will never be an old man in your family.

33 I will not totally cut off your family from my altar. But your eyes will cry and your heart be sad, because all your descendants will die.

34 "'I will give you a sign. Both your sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will die on the same day.

35 I will choose a loyal priest for myself who will listen to me and do what I want. I will make his family continue, and he will always serve before my appointed king.

36 Then everyone left in your family will come and bow down before him. They will beg for a little money or a little food and say, "Please give me a job as priest so I can have food to eat."' "