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There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
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When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
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When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means the noise of this tumult? The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
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Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
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The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. He said, How went the matter, my son?
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He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
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It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that [Eli] fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.