1 Samuel 4:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

When the Benjamite man mentioned God’s Holy Box, Eli fell backward off his chair near the gate and broke his neck. Eli was old and fat, so he died. He had led Israel for 20 years.

Cross References

Psalm 69:9

My strong devotion to your Temple is destroying me. Those who insult you are also insulting me.

Psalm 42:10

Their constant insults are killing me. They never stop asking, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:3

Instead of food, I have only tears day and night, as my enemies laugh at me and say, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 26:8

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

1 Samuel 4:13

Eli was worried about the Holy Box, so he was sitting there by the city gate waiting and watching when the Benjamite man came into Shiloh and told the bad news. All the people in town began to cry loudly.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “The Lord says, ‘The priests who come near me must respect me. I must be holy to them and to all the people.’” So Aaron did not say anything about his sons dying.

1 Samuel 4:17

The Benjamite man answered, “Israel ran away from the Philistines. The Israelite army has lost many soldiers. Your two sons are both dead, and the Philistines took God’s Holy Box.”

1 Samuel 4:19

Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant. It was nearly time for her baby to be born. She heard the news that God’s Holy Box was taken. She also heard that her father-in-law Eli and her husband Phinehas were both dead. As soon as she heard the news, her pain started and she began giving birth to her baby.

Judges 15:20

Samson was a judge for the Israelites for 20 years during the time of the Philistines.