1Sa 4:17 | NETfull | STEP | The messenger replied, “Israel has fled from the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”

1 Samuel 4:17

17 The messenger replied, “Israel has fled from ^{▼▼ Heb “before.”} the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”