1 Samuel 4:18

WEB

¹⁸When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

KJV

¹⁸And 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.

BSB

¹⁸As 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.

FBV

¹⁸As soon as the Ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the town gate. Since he was old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. Eli had been Israel's leader for forty years.

Extra References

1 Samuel 4:21-22

²¹She named the child Ichabod,^[+] The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. ²²She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”

1 Peter 4:17-18

¹⁷For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God? ¹⁸“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”

Psalms 69:9

⁹For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

1 Samuel 3:12-13

¹²In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end. ¹³For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.

1 Samuel 4:13

¹³When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.

1 Samuel 2:31-32

³¹Behold, ^[+] the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house. ³²You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever.

Leviticus 10:3

³Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” Aaron held his peace.

Lamentations 2:15-19

¹⁵All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, “Is this the city that men called ‘The perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth’?” ¹⁶All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.” ¹⁷The LORD has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries. ¹⁸Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest. ¹⁹Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.

Psalms 42:10

¹⁰As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

Psalms 26:8

⁸LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.