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Commentary for Psalms 78:64

כֹּ֭הֲנָיו בַּחֶ֣רֶב נָפָ֑לוּ וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃

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

Rashi on Psalms

His priests fell by the sword Hophni and Phinehas.
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Rashi on Psalms

but his widows did not weep Even his widow was not allowed to bewail him, for she too died on the day of the tidings, as it is said (I Sam. 4: 19): “And she knelt and gave birth, for her pains had suddenly come upon her.”
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