1 Samuel 4:18 meaning and explanation
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. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
1 Samuel 4:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Eli is the elderly high priest and judge of Israel, sitting by the road in Shiloh, blind and waiting for news from the battle against the Philistines. A messenger reports the slaughter, the deaths of Eli's sons, and finally the capture of the ark of God.
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