1 Samuel 4:18

Good News Translation

When the man mentioned the Covenant Box, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He was so old and fat that the fall broke his neck, and he died. He had been a leader in Israel for forty years.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

I love the house where you live, O Lord, the place where your glory dwells.

Psalm 42:10

I am crushed by their insults, as they keep on asking me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:3

Day and night I cry, and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 69:9

My devotion to your Temple burns in me like a fire; the insults which are hurled at you fall on me.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘All who serve me must respect my holiness; I will reveal my glory to my people.’” But Aaron remained silent.

Judges 15:20

Samson led Israel for twenty years while the Philistines ruled the land.

1 Samuel 4:13

Eli, who was very worried about the Covenant Box, was sitting in his seat beside the road, staring. The man spread the news throughout the town, and everyone cried out in fear.

1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger answered, “Israel ran away from the Philistines; it was a terrible defeat for us! Besides that, your sons Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and God's Covenant Box was captured!”

1 Samuel 4:19

Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, and it was almost time for her baby to be born. When she heard that God's Covenant Box had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she suddenly went into labor and gave birth.