1 Samuel 4:15

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Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed, so he could not see.

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  • 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 One day, Eli was lying in his usual place. His eyesight had begun to grow dim, so he could not see well.
  • 1 Kgs 14:4 : 4 Jeroboam's wife did as he said: she arose, went to Shiloh, and arrived at the house of Ahijah. Now, Ahijah could no longer see because his eyes had grown dim due to his age.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The span of our life is seventy years—or eighty, if we have strength; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
  • Gen 27:1 : 1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, 'My son,' and Esau replied, 'Here I am.'

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  • 1 Sam 3:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1The young boy Samuel was serving the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; visions were not widespread.

    2One day, Eli was lying in his usual place. His eyesight had begun to grow dim, so he could not see well.

    3The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

  • 1 Sam 4:11-14
    4 verses
    76%

    11The Ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

    12A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that same day, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

    13When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the side of the road, watching, for his heart trembled for the Ark of God. When the man entered the city to report the news, the entire city cried out.

    14Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, 'What is the meaning of this uproar?' Then the man hurried over to Eli and told him the news.

  • 1 Sam 4:16-18
    3 verses
    74%

    16The man said to Eli, 'I have come from the battle; I fled from the battlefield today.' Eli asked, 'What happened, my son?'

    17The messenger answered, 'Israel has fled before the Philistines, there has been a great slaughter among the people, your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the Ark of God has been captured.'

    18When he mentioned the Ark of God, Eli fell backward off his seat by the gate. His neck was broken, and he died, for he was an old and heavy man. He had judged Israel for forty years.

  • 1 Sam 3:14-16
    3 verses
    70%

    14Therefore, I have sworn to the house of Eli that the guilt of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.

    15Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

    16But Eli called to Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."

  • 1 Sam 2:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

    23So he said to them, ‘Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.’

  • Gen 27:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, 'My son,' and Esau replied, 'Here I am.'

    2Isaac said, 'See now, I have grown old, and I do not know the day of my death.'

  • Gen 48:10
    69%

    10Now Israel’s eyes were failing due to old age—he could not see well. Joseph brought the boys near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

  • 2 Sam 19:35
    67%

    35But Barzillai said to the king, "How many more years do I have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

  • 1 Chr 15:9
    67%

    9From the descendants of Hebron, Eliel the chief, along with his relatives—80 in total.

  • 1 Kgs 14:4
    67%

    4Jeroboam's wife did as he said: she arose, went to Shiloh, and arrived at the house of Ahijah. Now, Ahijah could no longer see because his eyes had grown dim due to his age.

  • Deut 34:7
    66%

    7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and his vigor had not diminished.

  • 2 Chr 24:15
    66%

    15Jehoiada grew old and lived a full life. He died at the age of one hundred and thirty years.

  • 1 Sam 12:2
    66%

    2Now here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

  • 1 Sam 2:33
    66%

    33Any man of yours that I do not cut off from My altar will only remain to weep his eyes out and to grieve his heart, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.

  • Job 32:4
    66%

    4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he was.

  • Gen 35:28
    66%

    28Isaac lived a total of one hundred and eighty years.

  • Josh 14:10
    66%

    10Now here I am, the LORD has kept me alive, as He promised, these forty-five years since the time the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel journeyed in the wilderness. And now, here I am today, eighty-five years old.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    65%

    11'Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah, but the boy stayed to serve the LORD under the supervision of Eli the priest.'

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    65%

    1When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

  • 1 Sam 3:8-9
    2 verses
    65%

    8The Lord called Samuel a third time, and he got up and went to Eli, saying, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.

    9So Eli said to Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

  • Isa 32:3
    65%

    3The eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.

  • Luke 1:7
    65%

    7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

  • 1 Sam 1:14
    65%

    14Eli said to her, 'How long will you remain drunk? Put away your wine!'

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    65%

    12Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time, he was old and advanced in years.

  • Lam 5:17
    65%

    17Because of this, our hearts are faint, and our eyes grow dim with tears.

  • Josh 23:1
    65%

    1A long time later, after the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies around them, Joshua had grown old and was advanced in years.

  • 1 Sam 1:9
    65%

    9After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah arose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 1:25
    65%

    25They slaughtered the bull and brought the boy to Eli.

  • 2 Sam 19:32
    64%

    32Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim to cross the Jordan with the king and send him on his way.

  • 1 Sam 2:27
    64%

    27Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your ancestors’ family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?’

  • 1 Kgs 1:1
    64%

    1King David had grown old, and he was advanced in age. Though they covered him with blankets, he could not stay warm.

  • Job 15:10
    64%

    10Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, men much older than your father.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
    64%

    3Year after year, this man would go up from his city to worship and to offer sacrifices to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of the LORD.

  • Isa 29:18
    64%

    18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

  • 2 Kgs 4:18
    64%

    18The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.

  • 1 Sam 8:4
    64%

    4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.