Hophni
홉니
Named at 1 Samuel 1:3 as one of the two sons of Eli: when Elkanah goes up to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh, “The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.” At 2:34 the LORD’s word that a man of God brings to Eli says, “This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.” 1 Samuel 4:4 says that the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, and that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God; 4:11 says, “God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain”; and at 4:16–17 he who brought the news answered Eli, “Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”
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- 1SA 1:3–8, engwebp
3This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.
4When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;
5but he gave a double portion to Hannah, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.
6Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
7So year by year, when she went up to the LORD’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
8Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
- 1SA 2:27–36, engwebp
27A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?
28Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
29Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’
30“Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now the LORD says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
31Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.
32You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever.
33The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.
34This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.
35I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever.
36It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”
- 1SA 4:3–4, engwebp
3When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let’s get the ark of the LORD’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us and save us out of the hand of our enemies.”
4So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1SA 4:10–11, engwebp
10The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
11God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
- 1SA 4:12–18, engwebp
12A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
13When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.
14When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?” The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.
16The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.” He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”
17He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”
18When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
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Eli — Father of — Hophni
Evidence: 1 Samuel 1:3–8
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Hophni — Sibling of — Phinehas (son of Eli)
Evidence: 1 Samuel 1:3–8
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Took part in (2) — At the word of the elders of Israel the people bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies from Shiloh, Israel is defeated, God’s ark is taken, and Hophni and Phinehas are slain
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This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.
This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.
So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Hophni (person-hophni) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/hophni Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 1:3 as one of the two sons of Eli: when Elkanah goes up to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Armies in Shiloh, “The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to the LORD, were there.” At 2:34 the LORD’s word that a man of God brings to Eli says, “This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.” 1 Samuel 4:4 says that the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Armies, and that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God; 4:11 says, “God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain”; and at 4:16–17 he who brought the news answered Eli, “Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.” Cited evidence: 1SA 1:3–8, engwebp / 1SA 2:27–36, engwebp / 1SA 4:3–4, engwebp / 1SA 4:10–11, engwebp / 1SA 4:12–18, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.