Question: What news caused the death of Eli?
Answer: The loss of the Ark of the Covenant. (I Samuel 4:18)
Comments: In a battle with the Philistines, the priest Eli lost both of his sons and the Ark of the Covenant. After hearing of the loss of the ark, he fell over backwards and broke his neck.
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)
Samuel succeeded Eli as priest and leader of Israel.
Note: This is an engraving of the death of Eli by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872).
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