1 Samuel 4:18
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
KJV
Cumque ille nominasset arcam Dei, cecidit de sella retrorsum juxta ostium, et fractis cervicibus mortuus est. Senex enim erat vir et grandævus : et ipse judicavit Israël quadraginta annis.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐμνήσθη τῆς κιβωτοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ δίφρου ὀπισθίως ἐχόμενος τῆς πύλης, καὶ συνετρίβη ὁ νῶτος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέθανεν, ὅτι πρεσβύτης ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ βαρύς· καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν τὸν Ἰσραὴλ εἴκοσι ἔτη.
LXX
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֞י כְּ/הַזְכִּיר֣/וֹ אֶת אֲר֣וֹן הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים וַ/יִּפֹּ֣ל מֵֽ/עַל הַ֠/כִּסֵּא אֲחֹ֨רַנִּ֜ית בְּעַ֣ד יַ֣ד הַ/שַּׁ֗עַר וַ/תִּשָּׁבֵ֤ר מַפְרַקְתּ/וֹ֙ וַ/יָּמֹ֔ת כִּֽי זָקֵ֥ן הָ/אִ֖ישׁ וְ/כָבֵ֑ד וְ/ה֛וּא שָׁפַ֥ט אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
24 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
- 1Sam 4:13 — And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
- 1Sam 4:21 — And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
- Eccl 12:2 — While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
- Ps 69:9 — For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
- Ps 71:18 — Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.