1 Samuel 4:13 (WEB)
When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.
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“Eli breaks his neck before the temple doors, his sons fall in battle, his daughter-in-law expires in child-birth: for such was the blow which had been deserved at the hand of God by the shameless house, the defrauder of the fleshly sacrifices.” — editor's note: This seems an oversight; see 1 Sam. (in LXX. and Vulg. 1 Kings) iv. 13.
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