Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of (A)the temple of the Lord.

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18 When he mentioned the ark of God, [a](A)Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for [b]he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:18 Lit he
  2. 1 Samuel 4:18 Lit the man