1 Samuel 4:18

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backwards by the side of the [city] gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road, keeping watch, because his heart was anxious about the ark of God. When the man arrived to report [the news] in the city, everyone in the city cried out [to God, for help].

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord said:

‘I will be treated as holy by those who approach Me,
And before all the people I will be honored.’”


So Aaron, therefore, said nothing.

1 Samuel 2:31-32

Behold, the time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

1 Samuel 3:12-13

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken concerning his house (family), from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 4:21-22

And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has left Israel,” because the ark of God had been taken and because of [the deaths of] her father-in-law and her husband.

Psalm 26:8


O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your glory dwells.

Psalm 42:3


My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:10


As a crushing of my bones [with a sword], my adversaries taunt me,
While they say continually to me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 69:9


For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

Lamentations 2:15-19


All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They scoff and shake their heads
At the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that was called
‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of all the earth’?”

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].

1 Peter 4:17-18

For it is the time [destined] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not respect or believe or obey the gospel of God?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

When he made

1 Samuel 4:21
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has left Israel,” because the ark of God had been taken and because of [the deaths of] her father-in-law and her husband.
Psalm 26:8

O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your glory dwells.
Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalm 69:9

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Lamentations 2:15

All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They scoff and shake their heads
At the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying,
“Is this the city that was called
‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of all the earth’?”

His neck

1 Samuel 2:31
Behold, the time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
1 Samuel 3:12
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken concerning his house (family), from beginning to end.
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord said:

‘I will be treated as holy by those who approach Me,
And before all the people I will be honored.’”


So Aaron, therefore, said nothing.
1 Corinthians 11:30
That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death].
1 Peter 4:17
For it is the time [destined] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not respect or believe or obey the gospel of God?