And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
And whanne he hadde nemyd þe arke of God, Hely felde fro þe hiye seete bacward bisidis þe dore, and was deed; for þe nollis weren brokun. For he was an eld man, and of greet age; and he demyde Israel bi fourti yeer.