gltv - 1Samuel:4:12-22

gltv@1Samuel:4:12 @ And a man of Benjamin ran out of the battle line and came to Shiloh on that day. And his clothes were torn, and earth on his head.

gltv@1Samuel:4:13 @ And he came in. And, behold, Eli was sitting on the seat by the side of the highway, watching. For his heart trembled for the ark of God. And the man came in to report in the city. And all the city cried out.

gltv@1Samuel:4:14 @ And Eli heard the noise of the cry, and said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man hurried and came and reported to Eli.

gltv@1Samuel:4:15 @ And Eli was ninety eight years old, and his eyes were set, and he was not able to see.

gltv@1Samuel:4:16 @ And the man said to Eli, I am he who has come from the ranks, and I fled today out of the battle line. And he said, How did the matter go, my son?

gltv@1Samuel:4:17 @ And he bearing the news answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines; and also there has been a great slaughter among the people. And also your two sons have died, Hophni and Phinehas. And the ark of God has been taken.

gltv@1Samuel:4:18 @ And it happened when he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward, by the side of the gate. And his neck was broken, and he died. For the man was old and heavy. And he judged Israel forty years.

gltv@1Samuel:4:19 @ And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child, about to bear. And she heard the report of the taking of the ark of God, and that her father-in-law and her husband had died. And she bowed and bore, for her pains had turned in on her.

gltv@1Samuel:4:20 @ And at the time of her death, when the women who stood by her said, Fear not, for you have borne a son; she did not even answer, nor set her heart.

gltv@1Samuel:4:21 @ And she called the child Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel, because of the taking of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

gltv@1Samuel:4:22 @ And she said, The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.