^{11 Ref} The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

^{12 Ref} 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.

^{13 Ref} 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.

¹⁴ 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.

^{15 Ref} Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.

^{16 Ref} 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?

^{17 Ref} 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.

^{18 Ref} 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.

¹⁹ His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came on her.

^{20 Ref} About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.