Cross references

Psalm 78:64

His priests fell by the sword,

but their widows could not lament.

Psalm 78:64 BSB

Psalm 78:64 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 4:17 (4 votes) and Job 27:15 (4 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 25 to Micah 7.

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Which verses does Psalm 78:64 point to?

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  1. The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

  2. Job 27:154 votes

    His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

  3. The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

  4. So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

  5. Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

  6. And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men. And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

  7. Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her. As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.

Which verses point to Psalm 78:64?

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