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God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
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Verse 11. Slain. Abulensis (q. 17,) thinks they were fighting in defence of the ark, when they might have saved themselves by flight; so that he does not despair of their salvation. God permitted them to lose their lives in the exercise of a holy ministry, which they had so scandalously profaned. Calmet.
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