1 Samuel 4:18

New King James Version

Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. 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 with a breaking 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

Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Leviticus 10:3

And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying: ‘By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.’ ” So Aaron held his peace.

Judges 15:20

And he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 4:13

Now when he came, there was Eli, sitting 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.

1 Samuel 4:17

So the messenger answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured.”

1 Samuel 4:19

Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’s wife, was with child, due to be delivered; and when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her labor pains came upon her.