Since Eli will not be alive to witness the deaths at Nob (1 Samuel 22:17–23) or the ordination of Zadok (1 Kings 2:35), he is given a sign to confirm the truth of what the prophet has spoken.1
Since Eli will not be alive to witness the deaths at Nob (1 Samuel 22:17–23) or the ordination of Zadok (1 Kings 2:35), he is given a sign to confirm the truth of what the prophet has spoken.1
34 And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.