Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
Ninety
And his eyes
Bible References
Ninety
1 Samuel 3:2
Yet it happened at that time, as Eli was lying down in his own place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well).
Psalm 90:10
The days of our life areseventy years—
Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;
Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,
For it is soon gone and we fly away.
The days of our life are
Or even, if because of strength, eighty years;
Yet their pride [in additional years] is only labor and sorrow,
For it is soon gone and we fly away.
And his eyes
Genesis 27:1
Now when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his elder [and favorite] son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And Esau answered him, “Here I am.”