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1 Samuel 4:14

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When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?”
The man hurried, and came and told Eli.

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1 Samuel 4:14 in other translations

And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hasted, and came and told Eli.

1 Samuel 4:14 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 4:14 in context

  1. 12A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
  2. 13When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.
  3. 14When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?”
    The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
  4. 15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.
  5. 16The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.”
    He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”