15 (Now Eli was fourscore and eighteen years old, and (A)his eyes were dim that he could not see.)

16 And the man said unto Eli, I came from the army, and I fled this day out of the host: and he said, What thing is done, my son?

17 Then the messenger answered, and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people: and moreover thy two sons, Hophni and Phinehas [a]are dead, and the Ark of God is taken.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:17 According as God had afore said.

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