1 Samuel 4:13
And, when he entered, lo! Eli was sitting upon his chair, by the wayside, watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of God,—and, the man, entered to tell the news in the city, and all the city made outcry.
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Joshua 7:9Only let the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear, and they will surround us, and cut off our name out of the earth,—what then wilt thou do for thy great name?
1 Samuel 4:18And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off his seat backwards, at the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died, for, old, was the man, and, heavy,—and, he had judged Israel forty years.
Psalms 26:8O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory!
Psalms 137:4How shall we sing the song of Yahweh, on a foreign soil?
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 →