Meaning of OFNI

"hunger".
(a) City of Benjamin (Josh. 18:24). Robinson suggests the identification of him with Gofnah, on the road from Samaria to Jerusalem, a day's journey north of Gibeah (Wars 5:2, 1); This is modern Jifnã, 5 km west-northwest of Bethel, an identification that implies that the border of Benjamin turned north, near Bethel, which was on the northern limit.

(b) One of Eli's sons (1 Sam. 2:22-4:22). He and Phinehas, his brother, exercised the office of the high priesthood, since his father had become very old.

His scandalous conduct showed that they were unworthy of this sacred office, and, what was worse, that they did not know the Lord (1 Sam. 2:12). When Eli was asked to intervene, he gently and leniently rebuked them.

For this reason, God pronounced sentence on Eli and his house. In the war against the Philistines, it was decided to take the ark of God to the battlefield.

Hophni and Phinehas, who performed the functions of the high priest, were guardians of the ark and accompanied it. Both were killed in this battle, and the ark was captured by the Philistines.