1 Samuel 4:18

New American Bible - revised edition

At this mention of the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair into the gateway; he died of a broken neck since he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

Lord, I love the refuge of your house, the site of the dwelling-place of your glory.

Psalm 42:10

I will say to God, my rock: “Why do you forget me? Why must I go about mourning with the enemy oppressing me?”

Psalm 42:3

My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When can I enter and see the face of God?

Psalm 69:9

I have become an outcast to my kindred, a stranger to my mother’s children.

Leviticus 10:3

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is as the Lord said: Through those near to me I will be sanctified; in the sight of all the people I will obtain glory.” But Aaron said nothing.

Judges 15:20

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

1 Samuel 4:13

When he arrived, Eli was sitting in his chair beside the gate, watching the road, for he was troubled at heart about the ark of God. The man, however, went into the city to announce his news; then the whole city cried out.

1 Samuel 4:17

And the messenger answered: “Israel fled from the Philistines; in fact, the troops suffered heavy losses. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

1 Samuel 4:19

His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news about the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she crouched down in labor, and gave birth.