1 Samuel 4:12-13

Eli Dies

4:12 On that day ¹  a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head. 4:13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of ²  the road, for he was very worried ³  about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, ⁴  the whole city cried out.

[4:12]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “the same day.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.f.

[4:13]  ² tc Read with many medieval Hebrew mss, the Qere, and much versional evidence יַד (yad, “hand”) rather than MT יַךְ (yakh).

[4:13]  ³ tn Heb “his heart was trembling.”

[4:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the man came to report in the city.”