1 Samuel 4:16
Good News Translation
The man said, "I have escaped from the battle and have run all the way here today." Eli asked him, "What happened, my son?"

New Revised Standard Version
The man said to Eli, “I have just come from the battle; I fled from the battle today.” He said, “How did it go, my son?”

Contemporary English Version
"I escaped from the fighting today and ran here." "Young man, what happened?" Eli asked.

New American Bible
The man said to Eli: “I have come from the battlefield; today I fled from there.” He asked, “What happened, my son?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?

What is there done.

2 Samuel 1:4 And David said unto him: What is the matter that is come to pass? tell me: He said: The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan his son are slain.

my son

1 Samuel 3:6 And the Lord called Samuel again. And Samuel arose and went to Heli, and said: Here am I: for thou calledst me. He answered: I did not call thee, my son: return and sleep.

Joshua 7:19 And Joshua said to Achan: My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and confess, and tell me what thou hast done, hide it not.

Context
The Death of Eli
15Now Heli was ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see. 16And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?17And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of God is taken.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:17
And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of God is taken.

2 Samuel 1:4
And David said unto him: What is the matter that is come to pass? tell me: He said: The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and Jonathan his son are slain.

1 Samuel 4:15
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