- He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"
- The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."
- When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had led Israel forty years.
- His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains.
- As she was dying, the women attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay any attention.
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- 那人對以利說、我是從陣上來的、今日我從陣上逃回.以利說、我兒、事情怎樣。
- 報信的回答說、以色列人在非利士人面前逃跑、民中被殺的甚多.你的兩個兒子何弗尼、非尼哈也都死了、並且 神的約櫃被擄去。
- 他一題 神的約櫃、以利就從他的位上往後跌倒、在門旁折斷頸項而死、因為他年紀老邁、身體沉重。以利作以色列的士師四十年。
- 以利的兒婦非尼哈的妻懷孕將到產期、他聽見 神的約櫃被擄去、公公和丈夫都死了、就猛然疼痛、曲身生產。
- 將要死的時候、旁邊站著的婦人們對他說、不要怕、你生了男孩子了.他卻不回答、也不放在心上。
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