1 Samuel 4:15

Contextual Overview

¹²That same day, a Benjaminite man ran from the battle and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn, and there was dirt on his head. ¹² There ran a man of Binyamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with dirt 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 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that same day, and his clothes were torn and earth was on his head. 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 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. 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 Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn, and dust on his head. ¹² And there ranne a man of Beniamin out of the armie, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and earth vpon his head.

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 Kayin will be avenged seven times, Truly Lamekh seventy-seven times.

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

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech will be avenged seventy and seven times.

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 is avenged sevenfold [as the LORD said he would be], Then Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold."

Genesis 4:24
"If Cain is avenged seven times, Then Lamech seventy-seven times!"

Genesis 4:24
If Kain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech, seuentie times seuen folde.

Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold,Then Lamech seventy‑sevenfold."

Genesis 4:24
Anyone who tries to get even with me will be punished ten times more than anyone who tries to get even with Cain."

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.