Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 4:15
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Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
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Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
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Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.
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Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
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1 Samuel 4
13 When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.
16 “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
17 The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
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