Retrorse
Retrorse means turned backward.
Eli was so shaken when he heard news of the Ark of the Covenant being captured that he fell retrorsely out of his seat, nroke his neck, and died.
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years. (I Samuel 4:18, NASB)
Note: This painting of Eli's death was painted by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1784-1872).
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