1 Samuel 4:15
וְעֵלִי בֶּן ־ תִּשְׁעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה שָׁנָה וְעֵינָיו קָמָה וְלֹא יָכוֹל לִרְאֽוֹת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:2וַֽיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וְעֵלִי שֹׁכֵב בִּמְקֹמוֹ ועינו הֵחֵלּוּ כֵהוֹת לֹא יוּכַל לִרְאֽוֹת ׃
Psalms 90:10יְמֵֽי ־ שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת ׀ שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן כִּי ־ גָז חִישׁ וַנָּעֻֽפָה ׃
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 →