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1 Samuel 4:14-16
New English Translation
1 Samuel 4:14-16
New English Translation
14 When Eli heard the outcry,[a] he said, “What’s this commotion?”[b] The man quickly came and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead;[c] he was unable to see.
16 The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli[d] asked, “How did things go, my son?”
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- 1 Samuel 4:14 tn Heb “the sound of the cry.”
- 1 Samuel 4:14 tn Heb “the sound of this commotion.”
- 1 Samuel 4:15 tn Heb “were set” or “were fixed,” i.e., without vision.
- 1 Samuel 4:16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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