1 Samuel 4:18

Tree of Life Version

As soon as he mentioned of the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the town gate. His neck broke and he died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel 40 years.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

Adonai, I love the House where You live, the place where Your glory dwells.

Psalm 42:10

I will say to God my Rock: “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, under the oppression of the enemy?”

Psalm 42:3

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and appear before God?

Psalm 69:9

I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Adonai spoke of, saying: To those who are near Me I will show myself holy. Upon the faces of all the people I will be glorified.” Then Aaron kept silent.

Judges 15:20

Then he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines for 20 years.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he arrived, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the wayside watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of God. When the man arrived to announce it in the town, the entire town cried out.

1 Samuel 4:17

And the messenger answered and said, “Israel fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons died—Hophni and Phinehas—and the ark of God was captured.”

1 Samuel 4:19

Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child and about to deliver. When she heard the report that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she crouched down and gave birth because she was seized with her labor pains.