Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

And his eyes

Bible References

Ninety

1 Samuel 3:2
And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim -- he is not able to see.
Psalm 90:10
Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

And his eyes

Genesis 27:1
And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son;' and he saith unto him, 'Here am I.'