1 Samuel 4:18

New American Standard Bible 2020

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. And so he judged Israel for forty years.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

¶Lord, I love the dwelling of Your house, And the place where Your glory remains.

Psalm 42:10

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt 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 say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 69:9

For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying, ‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.’ ” So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

Judges 15:20

So he judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road keeping watch, because his heart was anxious about the ark of God. And the man came to give a report in the city, and all the city cried out.

1 Samuel 4:17

Then the one who brought the news replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great defeat among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas are also dead; and the ark of God has been taken.”

1 Samuel 4:19

Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was pregnant and about to give birth; and when she heard the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she kneeled down and gave birth, because her pains came upon her.