16He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"
16He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"
13 When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.
14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, "What is the meaning of this uproar?" The man hurried over to Eli,
15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes were set so that he could not see.
16 He told Eli, "I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day." Eli asked, "What happened, my son?"
17 The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured."
18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had led Israel forty years.
4:16And the man said unto Eli, I [am] he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
4:16And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?
4:16And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?
4:16And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the battle, and I have fled to-day out of the battle. And he said, What has taken place, my son?
4:16And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?
4:16And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
4:16The man said to Eli, |I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.| He said, |How did the matter go, my son?|
4:16And the man saith unto Eli, 'I am he who hath come out of the ranks, and I out of the ranks have fled to-day;' and he saith, 'What hath been the matter, my son?'
4:16And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?