A sinful priest and son of Eli at the time of the prophet Samuel.
About Phinehas
One of Eli’s two sons, who served as a priest at Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:3). According to 1 Samuel, this Phinehas was a terrible priest. He and his brother Hophni misused the sacrifices people offered (1 Samuel 2:12–17). They disrepected the sanctuary (1 Samuel 2:22). They ignored their father Eli's warnings (1 Samuel 2:25). A man of God told Eli that his son would die (1 Samuel 2:34). Later, during a war with the Philistines, Phinehas was killed on the same day his wife gave birth to their son, who was named Ichabod (1 Samuel 4:11, 17–19; 14:3).
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Key References
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
All Scripture References (7)
1 Samuel (7)
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
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.”
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.
including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.