Discovery Box1 Samuel 4:13-16 
Context4:13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of 1 the road, for he was very worried 2 about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, 3 the whole city cried out.
4:14 When Eli heard the outcry, 4 he said, “What is this commotion?” 5 The man quickly came and told Eli. 4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; 6 he was unable to see.
4:16 The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli 7 asked, “How did things go, my son?”
1 tc Read with many medieval Hebrew
2 tn Heb “his heart was trembling.”
3 tn Heb “and the man came to report in the city.”
4 tn Heb “the sound of the cry.”
5 tn Heb “the sound of this commotion.”
6 tn Heb “were set” or “were fixed,” i.e., without vision.
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
