1 Samuel 1:9

1:9 On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. ¹  (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair ²  by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)

1 Samuel 4:18

4:18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli ³  fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he ⁴  was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

1 Samuel 4:13

4:13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of ⁵  the road, for he was very worried ⁶  about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, ⁷  the whole city cried out.

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¹ tc The LXX adds “and stood before the Lord,” but this is probably a textual expansion due to the terseness of the statement in the Hebrew text.

² tn Or perhaps, “on his throne.” See Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “the man.”

⁵ tc Read with many medieval Hebrew mss, the Qere, and much versional evidence יַד (yad, “hand”) rather than MT יַךְ (yakh).

⁶ tn Heb “his heart was trembling.”

⁷ tn Heb “and the man came to report in the city.”