And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man hurried in and told Eli.
O dweller of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask him who flees and her who escapes; say, What is happening?
And he came in, and behold, Eli sat on a seat by the wayside watching. For his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out.
And Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were set so that he could not see.