Psalms 78:64 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. Their priests fell by the sword - Hophni and Phinehas, who were slain in that unfortunate battle against the Philistines in which the ark of the Lord was taken, 1 Samuel 4:11.

A Chaldee Targum on this passage says, "In the time in which the ark of the Lord was taken by the Philistines, Hophni and Phinehas, the two priests, fell by the sword at Shiloh; and when the news was brought, their wives made no lamentation, for they both died the same day."

Psalms 78:64

64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.