1Sa 4:16-17 | ESV | STEP | And the man said to Eli , I am he who has come from the battle ; I fled from the battle today . And he said , How did it go , my son ?

1 Samuel 4:16-17

16 And the man said to Eli, “I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” And he said, ^a“How did it go, my son?” 17 He who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great defeat among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”