The time is coming when I will cut your life short. I will also cut short the lives of those in your family line of priests. No one in your family line will grow old.

日子必到，我要折断你的膀臂和你父家的膀臂，使你家中没有一个老年人。

看哪，日子将到，我要折断你的膀臂和你祖宗家的膀臂，使你家中没有一个老年人。

看哪，日子将到，我要折断你的膀臂和你祖宗家的膀臂，使你家中没有一个老年人。

看啊，时候将到，我要终结你和你家族的力量，你们家族必没有一个老人。

日子快到了，我要砍下你和你父亲的膀臂，使你家中再没有有权势的长者。

“看哪，日子将到，我必砍下你的膀臂和你父家的膀臂，使你家中没有一个老年人。

日子必到，我要折斷你的膀臂和你父家的膀臂，使你家中沒有一個老年人。

看哪，日子將到，我要折斷你的膀臂和你祖宗家的膀臂，使你家中沒有一個老年人。

看哪，日子將到，我要折斷你的膀臂和你祖宗家的膀臂，使你家中沒有一個老年人。

看啊，時候將到，我要終結你和你家族的力量，你們家族必沒有一個老人。

日子快到了，我要砍下你和你父親的膀臂，使你家中再沒有有權勢的長者。

你看吧，日子必到，我必把你的膀臂、和你父的家的膀臂砍下來，使你家中沒有一個老年人。

「看哪，日子將到，我必砍下你的膀臂和你父家的膀臂，使你家中沒有一個老年人。

其日將至、必斷爾臂、及爾祖家之臂、使爾家中無一耆老、

越至後日、我將絕爾及全家之力、使爾家中無一耆老。

日將至、我必折爾臂、與爾父家之臂、使爾家中無一老者、

The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

The time is coming when I will put an end to your family, so it will no longer serve as my priests. All the members of your family will die before their time. None will reach old age.

Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your forefather’s family, so that none in your family will reach old age.

Behold, the days are coming when I will eliminate your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

“‘ Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestral family, so that none in your family will reach old age.

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength and the strength of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

Behold, 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.

Then the king gave an order to the guards at his side. He said,“ Go and kill the priests of the Lord. They are on David’s side too. They knew he was running away from me. And they didn’t even tell me.” But the king’s officials wouldn’t raise a hand to strike down the priests of the Lord.Then the king ordered Doeg,“ You go and strike down the priests.” So Doeg, the Edomite, went and struck them down. That day he killed 85 priests who wore linen aprons.He also killed the people of Nob with his sword. Nob was a town where priests lived. Doeg killed its men and women. He killed its children and babies. He also destroyed its cattle, donkeys and sheep.But Abiathar, a son of Ahimelek, escaped. Ahimelek was the son of Ahitub. Abiathar ran away and joined David.

The Philistines brought their forces together to fight against Israel. As the fighting spread, the Israelites lost the battle to the Philistines. The Philistines killed about 4,000 of them on the field of battle.

The ark of God was captured. And Eli’s two sons Hophni and Phinehas died.That same day a man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the front lines of the battle. He went to Shiloh. His clothes were torn. He had dust on his head.When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair. He was by the side of the road. He was watching because his heart was really concerned about the ark of God. The man entered the town and told everyone what had happened. Then the whole town cried out.Eli heard the people crying out. He asked,“ What’s the meaning of all this noise?” The man hurried over to Eli.Eli was 98 years old. His eyes were so bad he couldn’t see.The man told Eli,“ I’ve just come from the front lines of the battle. I just ran away from there today.” Eli asked,“ What happened, son?”The man who brought the news replied,“ Israel ran away from the Philistines. Large numbers of men in the army were wounded or killed. Your two sons Hophni and Phinehas are also dead. And the ark of God has been captured.”When the man spoke about the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair. He had been sitting by the side of the gate. When he fell, he broke his neck and died. He was old and fat. He had led Israel for 40 years.The wife of Phinehas was pregnant. She was Eli’s daughter- in- law. It was near the time for her baby to be born. She heard the news that the ark of God had been captured. She heard that her father- in- law and her husband were dead. So she went into labor and had her baby. Her pain was more than she could bear.As she was dying, the women helping her spoke up. They said,“ Don’t be afraid. You have had a son.” But she didn’t reply. She didn’t pay any attention.

Ahijah was one of them. He was wearing a sacred linen apron. He was a son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub. Ahitub was the son of Eli’s son Phinehas. Eli had been the Lord’ s priest in Shiloh. No one was aware that Jonathan had left.

“ Son of man, I have broken the powerful arm of Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt. No bandages have been put on his arm to heal it. It has not been put in a cast. So his arm will not be strong enough to use a sword.I am against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. I will break both his arms. I will break his healthy arm and his broken one. His sword will fall from his hand.I will scatter the people of Egypt among the nations. I will send them to other countries.I will make the arms of the king of Babylon stronger. I will put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh. And he will groan in front of Nebuchadnezzar. He will cry out like someone dying from his wounds.

The power of those who are evil will be broken. But the Lord takes good care of those who do what is right.

The king put Benaiah in charge of the army. Benaiah took Joab’s place. The king also put Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.

But you sent widows away without anything. You mistreated children whose fathers had died.

“ Some Levites wandered far away from me when Israel went astray. They worshiped the statues of their gods. So they will be punished because they have sinned.

The king spoke to Abiathar the priest. He said,“ Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You should really be put to death. But I won’t have it done now. That’s because you carried the ark of the Lord and King. You did it for my father David. You shared all of his hard times.”So Solomon wouldn’t let Abiathar serve as a priest of the Lord anymore. That’s how the message the Lord had spoken at Shiloh came true. He had spoken it about the family of Eli.