 | Theology - 1867 - 848 pages
...What condensed language ; and every word laded with sorrow. No wonder that the effect followed : " And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark...seat backward, by the side of the gate, and his neck break, and he died; for he was an old man and heavy ; and he had judged Israel forty years." Flattery... | |
 | Christian literature, American - 1844 - 398 pages
...calamities were suddenly communicated to Eli, he was so affected, especially at the mention of the capture of the ark of God, " that he fell from off the seat...side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died." So many calamities befel the Philistines during the time that they kept the ark of the Lord, that they... | |
 | 1844 - 406 pages
...of the death of his sons by violence, and the capture of the ark of the Lord ; and "he fell off his seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake and he died." The cause of all this was, "his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not." And facts are... | |
 | Jews - 1845 - 822 pages
...blind ; but he heard the lamentation in the city, and he questioned this fugitive from the battle : " And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark...side of the gate ; and his neck brake, and he died." And now there was great rejoicing among the Philistines, at having gained that, which, they supposed,... | |
 | 1845 - 1164 pages
...the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark i of God is taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark...side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And k he had judged Israel forty years. 19 TT And his daughter-in-law,... | |
 | Scotland Church of - 1845 - 768 pages
...among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and the ark of God is taken. And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off from his seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died.". Human... | |
 | 1845 - 702 pages
...and the ark of God is taken. 18 Ana it came to pass, when he mode mention of the ark of God, that lie neither let me see this great fire any more, thnt I die hin neck brake, and he died : for he was an old man, and heavy. Aud he had judged Israel forty years.... | |
 | Christian life - 1846 - 348 pages
...taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain." Upon hearing this intelligence, Eli " fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake and he died." In triumph the ark of God was conveyed to Ashdod, the seat of Dagon's worship, and placed in the temple.... | |
 | Catharine Irene Finch - 1846 - 496 pages
...among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the Ark of God is taken." "And it came to pass, when he made mention of the Ark of God, that Eli fell from off the seat backwards, by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died : for... | |
 | Edward Feilde - 1847 - 210 pages
...amongst the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and the Ark of God is taken. And it came to pass when he made mention of the Ark...side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died. THIS is the melancholy fulfilment of the threat delivered to the youthful Samuel, in a vision, and... | |
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And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died : for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. And his daughter in... 
