As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. Eli had judged Israel forty years. Cross References 1 Samuel 4:13When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair beside the road, watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out. 1 Samuel 4:17 The messenger answered, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured." 1 Samuel 4:19 Now Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God's ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains came upon her. Chapter Outline 1. The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Ebenezer3. They fetch the ark unto the terror of the Philistines 10. They are smitten again, the ark taken, and Hophni and Phinehas are slain 12. Eli at the news, falling backward, breaks his neck 19. Phinehas's wife, discouraged in her travail with Ichabod, dies Jump to Previous Ark Backward Brake Broke Died Eli Heavy Israel Judged Mention Neck Seat SideJump to Next Ark Backward Brake Broke Died Eli Heavy Israel Judged Mention Neck Seat Side |
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge when he made 1 Samuel 4:21, 22 Psalm 26:8 Psalm 42:3, 10 Psalm 69:9 Lamentations 2:15-19 his neck 1 Samuel 2:31, 32 1 Samuel 3:12, 13 Leviticus 10:3 1 Corinthians 11:30-32 1 Peter 4:17, 18 And he had. Links 1 Samuel 4:18 NIV1 Samuel 4:18 NLT 1 Samuel 4:18 ESV 1 Samuel 4:18 NASB 1 Samuel 4:18 KJV 1 Samuel 4:18 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 4:18 Parallel 1 Samuel 4:18 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 4:18 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 4:18 French Bible 1 Samuel 4:18 German Bible 1 Samuel 4:18 Commentaries Bible Hub |