BIBLE PEOPLE | HOPHNI
1. Bible People
a) The Bible is an historic record of real people and places.
b) Here is a brief biography of such a person during Bible times.
a) The Bible is an historic record of real people and places.
b) Here is a brief biography of such a person during Bible times.
2. Hophni
a) Hophni was the son of the high priest of Eli. Hophni and his brother
Phinehas were two worthless men with no regard for the Lord, as we are
told in 1 Samuel 2:12. They gorged themselves on the meat that was
brought to the altar for sacrifice and treated the offering of the Lord
with contempt. The brothers also sinned with the women serving at the
sanctuary. They didn't listen to their father Eli's rebuke and were
eventually killed carrying the Ark of the Covenant in a battle against
the Philistines. Eli died when he heard of the death of his two sons,
and the Ark had been captured by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:18). Hophni
means "tadpole."
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