1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
Cross-reference
In 1 Samuel 4:17, the messenger repeats the same news: the ark captured and Eli's sons dead, confirming the disaster.
In 1 Samuel 2:32, the prophecy against Eli's house foretells the loss of the ark and no old man — here fulfilled by the sons' death.
In 1 Samuel 2:34, the sign given to Eli is that both sons die on the same day — exactly what happens here.
1 Samuel 1:3 introduces Hophni and Phinehas as priests at Shiloh — the same men who die here.
1 Samuel 2:31 prophesies cutting off Eli's house strength — the sons' death fulfills this.
In 1 Samuel 5:1, the Philistines take the ark to Ashdod, continuing the story of its capture.
Psalm 78:61 poetically describes the same event — God's strength (the ark) delivered into enemy hands.
Psalm 78:64 recounts the same event — the priests (Hophni and Phinehas) fell by the sword.
In Psalm 78:62, God gives his people over to the sword—a poetic retelling of the Shiloh disaster when the ark was taken.
In Jeremiah 7:12, God points to Shiloh as a warning—directly referencing the destruction when the ark was captured.
Jeremiah 7:14 cites God's judgment on Shiloh as a warning to Jerusalem, directly referencing the disaster reported here.