1 Samuel 4:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ And the man said to Eli, “I came from the army, and I fled this day out of the camp.” And he said, “What has happened, my son?”

¹⁷ Then the messenger answered, and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines; and there has also been a great slaughter among the people. And moreover, your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead. And the Ark of God has been taken.”

¹⁸ And when he mentioned of the Ark of God, Eli fell from his seat, backward, by the side of the gate. And his neck was broken, and he died. For he was an old man and heavy. And he had judged Israel for forty years.