BRAGADAYJAH 814
And the man from the army came to Eli
at a time when Eli was 98 years of age and his eyes were dim so that he could
not see. And Eli asked the man what were the tidings and the man told him, he
had fled from the army. And the man told
him that Israel was fled before the Philistines and that there was a great
slaughter among the people and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas were dead
and the ark of God taken. And it happened that when Eli heard mention of the
ark of God, he fell backwards from the gate on which he was sitting and broke
his neck. He was an old man and he had judged Israel forty years. And Eli’s
daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife was with child at the time. And when she heard
the news, she bowed herself in agony of childbirth and she gave birth to a male
child; and she named him Ichabod, for she said the ark of God is taken and the
glory of God is departed from Israel and with those words spoken repeatedly, from
her lips, she gave up the ghost.
No comments:
Post a Comment