1 Samuel 4:18

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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 gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone from Israel: because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?

I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

His neck

See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;

In that day I will do to Eli everything which I have said about his family, from first to last.

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.

For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?