1 Samuel 4:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

(Nowe Eli was fourescore and eighteene yeere olde, and his eyes were dimme that hee could not see)

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 And at that time, as Eli lay in his place, his eyes began to waxe dimme that he could not see.
  • 1 Kgs 14:4 : 4 And Ieroboams wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahiiah: but Ahiiah could not see, for his sight was decayed for his age.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The time of our life is threescore yeeres and ten, and if they be of strength, fourescore yeeres: yet their strength is but labour and sorowe: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away.
  • Gen 27:1 : 1 And when Izhak was olde, and his eyes were dimme (so that he coulde not see) he called Esau his eldest sonne, and sayde vnto him, My sonne; he answered him, I am here.

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  • 1 Sam 3:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1Nowe the childe Samuel ministred vnto the Lord before Eli: and the word of the Lord was precious in those dayes: for there was no manifest vision.

    2And at that time, as Eli lay in his place, his eyes began to waxe dimme that he could not see.

    3And yet the light of God went out, Samuel slept in the temple of the Lorde, where the Arke of God was.

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

    11And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas died.

    12And there ranne a man of Beniamin out of the armie, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and earth vpon his head.

    13And when hee came, loe, Eli sate vpon a seate by the wayside, wayting: for his heart feared for the Arke of God and when the man came into the citie to tell it, all the citie cried out.

    14And when Eli heard the noyse of the crying, he sayd, What meaneth this noyse of the tumult? and the man came in hastily, and tolde Eli.

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

    16And the man sayd vnto Eli, I came from the armie, and I fled this day out of the hoste: and he sayd, What thing is done, my sonne?

    17Then the messenger answered and sayd, Israel is fled before the Philistims, and there hath bene also a great slaughter among the people: and moreouer thy two sonnes, Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and the Arke of God is taken.

    18And when he had made mention of the Arke of God, Eli fell from his seate backward by the side of the gate, and his necke was broken, and he dyed: for he was an olde man and heauie: and he had iudged Israel fourtie yeeres.

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

    14Nowe therefore I haue sworne vnto the house of Eli, that the wickednes of Elis house, shal not be purged with sacrifice nor offring for euer.

    15Afterward Samuel slept vntil the morning, and opened the doores of the house of the Lord, and Samuel feared to shewe Eli the vision.

    16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel my sonne; he answered, Here I am.

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

    22So Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto all Israel, and howe they laye with the women that assembled at the doore of the tabernacle of the Congregation.

    23And hee saide vnto them, Why doe ye such things? For of all this people I heare euill reportes of you.

  • Gen 27:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And when Izhak was olde, and his eyes were dimme (so that he coulde not see) he called Esau his eldest sonne, and sayde vnto him, My sonne; he answered him, I am here.

    2Then he sayd, Beholde, I am nowe olde, and knowe not the day of my death:

  • Gen 48:10
    69%

    10(For the eyes of Israel were dimme for age, so that hee coulde not well see) Then he caused them to come to him, & he kissed them and embraced them.

  • 2 Sam 19:35
    67%

    35I am this day fourescore yeere olde: and can I discerne betweene good or euill? Hath thy seruant any taste in that I eat or in that I drinke? Can I heare any more the voyce of singing men and women? Wherefore then should thy seruant be anymore a burthen vnto my lord the king?

  • 1 Chr 15:9
    67%

    9Of the sonnes of Hebron, Eliel the chiefe, and his brethren fourescore.

  • 1 Kgs 14:4
    67%

    4And Ieroboams wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahiiah: but Ahiiah could not see, for his sight was decayed for his age.

  • Deut 34:7
    66%

    7Moses was nowe an hundreth and twentie yeere olde when hee died, his eye was not dimme, nor his naturall force abated.

  • 2 Chr 24:15
    66%

    15But Iehoiada waxed olde, and was ful of dayes and dyed. An hundreth and thirtie yeere olde was he when he dyed.

  • 1 Sam 12:2
    66%

    2Now therefore behold, your King walketh before you, and I am old and graie headed, and beholde, my sonnes are with you: and I haue walked before you fro my childhode vnto this day.

  • 1 Sam 2:33
    66%

    33Neuerthelesse, I will not destroy euery one of thine fro mine altar, to make thine eyes to faile, and to make thine heart sorowfull: and all ye multitude of thine house shall die when they be men.

  • Job 32:4
    66%

    4(Now Elihu had wayted til Iob had spoken: for they were more ancient in yeeres then he)

  • Gen 35:28
    66%

    28And the daies of Izhak were an hundreth and fourescore yeeres.

  • Josh 14:10
    66%

    10Therefore beholde nowe, the Lorde hath kept me aliue, as he promised: this is the fourtie and fift yeere since the Lord spake this thing vnto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wildernes: and nowe loe, I am this day foure score and fiue yeere olde:

  • 1 Sam 2:11
    65%

    11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the childe did minister vnto the Lord before Eli the Priest.

  • 1 Sam 8:1
    65%

    1When Samuel was nowe become olde, he made his sonnes Iudges ouer Israel.

  • 1 Sam 3:8-9
    2 verses
    65%

    8And the Lorde called Samuel againe the thirde time: and he arose, and went to Eli, & said, I am here: for thou hast called me. Then Eli perceiued that the Lord had called the childe.

    9Therefore Eli saide vnto Samuel, Goe and sleepe: and if he call thee, then say, Speake Lorde, for thy seruant heareth. So Samuel went, and slept in his place.

  • Isa 32:3
    65%

    3The eyes of the seeing shal not be shut, and the eares of them that heare, shall hearken.

  • Luke 1:7
    65%

    7And they had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren: and both were well stricken in age.

  • 1 Sam 1:14
    65%

    14And Eli sayde vnto her, Howe long wilt thou be drunken? Put away thy drunkennesse from thee.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    65%

    12Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul.

  • Lam 5:17
    65%

    17Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,

  • Josh 23:1
    65%

    1And a long season after that the Lord had giuen rest vnto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Ioshua was olde, and stricken in age,

  • 1 Sam 1:9
    65%

    9So Hannah rose vp after that they had eaten and drunke in Shiloh (and Eli the Priest sate vpon a stoole by one of the postes of the Temple of the Lord)

  • 1 Sam 1:25
    65%

    25And they slewe a bullocke, and brought the childe to Eli.

  • 2 Sam 19:32
    64%

    32Nowe Barzillai was a very aged man, euen fourescore yeere olde, and he had prouided the king of sustenance, while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a man of very great substance.

  • 1 Sam 2:27
    64%

    27And there came a man of God vnto Eli, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did not I plainely appeare vnto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaohs house?

  • 1 Kgs 1:1
    64%

    1Now when King Dauid was olde, and striken in yeeres, they couered him with clothes, but no heate came vnto him.

  • Job 15:10
    64%

    10With vs are both auncient and very aged men, farre older then thy father.

  • 1 Sam 1:3
    64%

    3And this man went vp out of his citie euery yeere, to worship and to sacrifice vnto the Lord of hostes in Shiloh, where were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas Priests of the Lord.

  • Isa 29:18
    64%

    18And in that day shall the deafe heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blinde shall see out of obscuritie, and out of darkenesse.

  • 2 Kgs 4:18
    64%

    18And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers.

  • 1 Sam 8:4
    64%

    4Wherefore all the Elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Ramah,