1 Samuel 4:15

Now Heli was ninety and eight years old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

In Context

14And Heli heard the noise of the cry, and he said: What meaneth the noise of this uproar? But he made haste, and came, and told Heli.

16And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:2And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see:

Psalms 90:10the days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 4:13-19

The Death of Eli. ( b. c. 1120.) 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon 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. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety… Read the whole commentary →

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