1 Samuel 4:18

And 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

In Context

17And the bearer of tidings answered, and said—Israel hath fled before the Philistines, Moreover also, a great smiting, hath taken place among the people,—Moreover also, thy two sons, are slain, Hophni and Phinehas, And, the ark of God, is taken.

19Now, his daughter-in-law, wife of Phinehas, was with child, ready to give birth, and, when she heard the tidings, as to the taking of the ark of God, and the death of her father-in-law, and her husband, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her pains had seized her.

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Cross References

Judges 15:20And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.

1 Samuel 3:12In that day, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house,—beginning and finishing.

1 Samuel 4:21And she called the boy I-chabod [="Where’s the glory?"]! saying, Exiled is the glory from Israel,—In regard to the taking of the ark of God, and to her father-in-law, and to her husband.

Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

Psalms 69:9Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.

1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause, many among you are weak and sickly; and, not a few, are falling asleep.

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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