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32 You’ll see trouble in my dwelling place, though all will go well for Israel.[a] But there will never be an old person in your family tree. 33 One of your descendants whom I don’t eliminate from serving at my altar will cry his[b] eyes out and be full of grief. Any descendants in your household will die by the sword.[c] 34 And what happens to your two sons Hophni and Phinehas will be a sign for you: they will both die on the same day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:32 Heb uncertain; LXX and DSS (4QSama) omit 2:31b-32a.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:33 DSS (4QSama), LXX; MT your
  3. 1 Samuel 2:33 LXX, DSS (4QSama); MT die by men or die as men

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