1 SAMUEL 4:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy—*vayyipol achoranim* (fell backward) is a violent reversal, his weight and age making the fall fatal. His *tzivarot* (neck) is *nishbru* (broken), a quick death. The fall itself is divinely orchestrated judgment; Eli's life ends with the destruction of his household.
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