Now Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God's ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains came upon her. Cross References 1 Samuel 4:18As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. Eli had judged Israel forty years. 1 Samuel 4:20 As she was dying, the women attending to her said, "Do not despair, for you have given birth to a son!" But she did not respond or pay any heed. Chapter Outline 1. The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Ebenezer3. They fetch the ark unto the terror of the Philistines 10. They are smitten again, the ark taken, and Hophni and Phinehas are slain 12. Eli at the news, falling backward, breaks his neck 19. Phinehas's wife, discouraged in her travail with Ichabod, dies Jump to Previous Ark Bowed Child Daughter Daughter-In-Law Dead Delivered Heard Herself Husband Law News Pains Phinehas Tidings Travailed WifeJump to Next Ark Bowed Child Daughter Daughter-In-Law Dead Delivered Heard Herself Husband Law News Pains Phinehas Tidings Travailed Wife |
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