Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 2:34
And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
34. this shall be a sign unto thee ] The immediate fulfilment of one prediction will serve as a sign or assurance that the rest will not fail to come to pass. Such signs were often given by prophets as the credentials of their mission. Cp. ch. 1Sa 10:7-9 ; 1Ki 13:3; 2Ki 20:8-9; Luk 1:18; Luk 1:20.
in one day they shall die ] See ch. 1Sa 4:11.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 34. They shall die both of them.] Hophni and Phinehas were both killed very shortly after in the great battle with the Philistines in which the Israelites were completely routed, and the ark taken. See 1Sa 4:1-11.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
This shall be a sign unto thee, to wit, of the certain truth of those sad predictions; and it was fulfilled, 1Sa 4:11.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
This shall be a sign unto thee,…. A confirming one, that all which had been now said would be fulfilled:
that shall come upon thy two sons, Hophni and Phinehas; which Eli would live to see fulfilled on them; and when it was, he might be assured the rest would be most certainly accomplished, and it was this:
in one day they shall die both of them; as they did in battle with the Philistines, 1Sa 4:11.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(34) In one day they shall die both of them.See for a literal fulfilment the recital in 1Sa. 4:11. This foreshadowing of terrible calamity which was to befal Israel was to be a sign to Eli that all the awful predictions concerning the fate of his doomed house would be carried out to the bitter end.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
34. And this a sign The death of Hophni and Phinehas in one day should be a sign that all these woful predictions should surely come to pass.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
(34) And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. (35) And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed forever.
Amidst all the dreadful denunciations, on the family, and posterity of Eli, what a precious scripture, what a precious promise, comes in here, to give comfort to the mind? I cannot think as some have thought, that this scripture had its accomplishment in the person of Zadok, and that the anointed, before whom this faithful Priest is said to walk, meant David king of Israel. Surely, Reader, none but the ever blessed Jesus could merit the title of faithful Priest. Neither could any be considered as the truly anointed of God, but He to whom the Spirit was given without measure, and who was indeed anointed to be, at one and the same time, the Prophet, the Priest, and the King, of his peopled. If any difficulty should seem to arise in the Reader’s mind, how Jesus could be this faithful Priest, and yet walk before himself, as it were, in his other character, as the anointed of Jehovah; this objection is at once done away, by only considering how impossible it would be to prefigure him who fills all offices, unless by such means. Hence Joseph, who in all the grand events of his going down into Egypt; being cast into prison, exalted at the right hand of Pharaoh, and made Governor over the whole land; in all these, and numberless other features of character, he most strongly typified the Lord Jesus: yet Judah, who as strikingly pointed to the Lord Jesus, in his sweet office of Intercessor, is, in that same history, represented as interceding with Joseph. We must never, therefore, stretch any part of the sacred word so far, as not to remember the impossibility of representing divine things, by human, otherwise than in part. No doubt, in all the holy volume, Jesus is the sum, and substance. To him every type refers; every sacrifice points: in him all the promises are completed: and every prophecy is explained, Jesus is the Alpha, and Omega, of all; or, as Paul speaks, Christ is all, and in all. Col 3:11 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 2:34 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
Ver. 35. And this shall be a sign. ] One part of the threatening fulfilled shall ascertain the truth of the rest. See Zep 3:5 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
die both. See 1Sa 4:11.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
a sign: 1Sa 3:12, 1Ki 13:3, 1Ki 14:12
in one day: 1Sa 4:11, 1Sa 4:17
Reciprocal: Gen 44:34 – lest Lev 21:9 – the daughter Num 26:10 – they became a sign 1Sa 1:3 – And the 2Ki 19:29 – a sign Psa 78:64 – priests Pro 29:1 – General Jer 44:29 – a sign Heb 12:7 – for what