Read 1 Samuel 4:18 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 1 Samuel 4.18, 1 Samuel 4v18, 1S. 4:18. Eli was still sitting on a chair beside the wall of the town gate. And when the man said that the Philistines had taken the sacred chest, Eli fell backwar…
Other reference formats: 1 Samuel 4.18, 1 Samuel 4v18, 1S. 4:18.
18 Eli was still sitting on a chair beside the wall of the town gate. And when the man said that the Philistines had taken the sacred chest, Eli fell backwards. He was a very heavy old man, and the fall broke his neck and killed him. He had been a leader of Israel for 40 years.