13 When he came, behold, (A)Eli was sitting on his seat [a]by the road keeping watch, because his heart was anxious about the ark of God. And the man came to give a report in the city, and all the city cried out.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:13 LXX beside the gate watching the road

13 When he arrived, there was Eli(A) sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.

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