1 Samuel 4:15

Contextual Overview

¹² And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth on his head. ¹² A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battlefield and arrived at Shiloh later that same day. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head to show his grief. ¹² And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. ¹² That same day a man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battle. He tore his clothes and put dust on his head to show his great sadness. ¹² On that day a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head. ¹² And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. ¹² 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. ¹²Now a man [from the tribe] of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that same day with his clothes torn and dust on his head [as signs of mourning over the disaster]. ¹² A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. ¹² Sotheli a man of Beniamyn ran fro the scheltrun, and cam in to Silo in that dai, with his cloth torent and his heed bispreynt with dust; and whanne he was comen,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ninety: 1 Samuel 3:2, Psalms 90:10

and his eyes: Genesis 27:1

were dim: Heb. stood

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:10 - the eyes 1 Kings 14:4 - for his eyes Psalms 71:18 - Now Ecclesiastes 12:2 - the sun

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold."

Genesis 4:24
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Genesis 4:24
If Cain's killer is punished seven times, then Lamech's killer will be punished seventy-seven times."

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!"

Genesis 4:24
If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven-fold.

Genesis 4:24
If Cain will be avenged seven times, Truly Lamech seventy-seven times.

Genesis 4:24
"If Cain is avenged sevenfold [as the LORD said he would be], Then Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold."

Genesis 4:24
veniaunce schal be youun seuenfold of Cayn, forsothe of Lameth seuentisithis seuensithis.

Genesis 4:24
For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Eli was ninety eight years old,.... Which is very properly observed, he being now come to the end of his days, and which also accounts for his blindness after mentioned:

and his eyes were dim, that he could not see; could not see the messenger, and read in his countenance, and perceive by his clothes rent, and earth on his head, that he was a bringer of bad tidings; or his eyes each of them "stood" h; were fixed and immovable, as the eyes of blind men be. In 1 Samuel 3:2 it is said, "his eyes began to wax dim"; but here that they "were" become dim; and there might be some years between that time and this, for Samuel then was very young, but now more grown up: though Procopius Gazaeus thinks that Eli was then ninety eight years of age, and that the affair there related was just before his death; but it rather appears to be some time before.

h קמה "stetit", Montanus; "stabant", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dim - Rather, “set.” The word is quite different from that so rendered in 1 Samuel 3:2. The phrase seems to express the “fixed” state of the blind eye, which is not affected by the light. Eli’s blindness, while it made him alive to sounds, prevented his seeing the ripped garments and dust-besprinkled head of the messenger of bad news.