1 Samuel 4:18

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.

When he made

Lamentations 2:15

His neck

1 Peter 4:17

Bible References

When he made

And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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

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

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

All who pass along the way

Clap their hands in derision at you;

They hiss and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem,
“Is this the city of which they said,
‘The perfection of beauty,

A joy to all the earth’?”

His neck

Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.

In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who come near Me I

will be treated as holy,

And before all the people I will be honored.’”
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number

sleep.

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