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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

32 and you will see distress(A) in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.(B) 33 Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants(C) will die in the prime of life.

34 “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign(D) to you—they will both die(E) on the same day.(F)

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