1 Samuel 4:18

World Messianic Bible British Edition

When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.

Psalm 42:10

As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 69:9

For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” Aaron held his peace.

Judges 15:20

He judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.

1 Samuel 4:17

He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter amongst the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”

1 Samuel 4:19

His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.