1 Samuel 4:18

Modern English Version

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate. And his neck broke and he died, for he was an old and heavy man. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house, and the place where Your glory dwells.

Psalm 42:10

As a shattering of my bones, my enemies reproach me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 69:9

for zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen upon me.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying: ‘I will be sanctified by those who come near Me; and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron held his peace.

Judges 15:20

Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he came, Eli was sitting on a seat by the wayside watching, for his heart feared for the ark of God. Now the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

1 Samuel 4:17

The messenger replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there also has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead. And the ark of God is taken.”

1 Samuel 4:19

His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she knelt down and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.