Eli heard the crying and asked, “What's all this noise?” The man rushed over to Eli and told him what had happened.
Stand at the roadside and watch, you who live in Aroer. Ask the men and women who are running away to escape, “What's happened?”
When he arrived, Eli was sitting there on his chair by the road, watching out for news because he was worried about the Ark of God. When the man came into town and gave his report, the whole town cried out loud.
Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed because he couldn't see.