1 Samuel 4:18

New Century Version

When he mentioned the Ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair. He fell beside the gate, broke his neck, and died, because he was old and fat. He had led Israel for forty years.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

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

Psalm 42:10

My enemies’ insults make me feel as if my bones were broken. They are always saying, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:3

Day and night, my tears have been my food. People are always saying, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 69:9

My strong love for your Temple completely controls me. When people insult you, it hurts me.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘I must be respected as holy by those who come near me; before all the people I must be given honor.’ ” So Aaron did not say anything about the death of his sons.

Judges 15:20

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

1 Samuel 4:13

When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was by the side of the road. He was sitting there in a chair, watching, because he was worried about the Ark of God. When the Benjaminite entered Shiloh, he told the bad news. Then all the people in town cried loudly.

1 Samuel 4:17

The Benjaminite answered, “Israel ran away from the Philistines, and the Israelite army has lost many soldiers. Your two sons are both dead, and the Philistines have taken the Ark of God.”

1 Samuel 4:19

Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and was about to give birth. When she heard the news that the Ark of God had been taken and that Eli, her father-in-law, and Phinehas, her husband, were both dead, she began to give birth to her child. The child was born, but the mother had much trouble in giving birth.