1 Samuel 4:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, “My son,” and he answered, “Here I am.”

1 Kings 14:4

Jeroboam’s wife did so; she set out and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

Psalm 90:10

The days of our life are seventy years or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

1 Samuel 3:2

At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room;

1 Samuel 4:14

When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, “What is this uproar?” Then the man came quickly and told Eli.