1 Samuel 4:18

Webster Bible (1833)

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honor dwelleth.

Psalm 42:10

As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily to me, Where is thy God?

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?

Psalm 69:9

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee have fallen upon me.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Judges 15:20

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

1 Samuel 4:13

And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the way-side 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

And the messenger answered and said, Israel hath fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

1 Samuel 4:19

And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law, and her husband were dead, she bowed herself, and travailed; for her pains came upon her.