1 Samuel 4:15
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
Majority Standard Bible
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
14Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:2And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
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 →