1 Samuel 1:12

1:12 As she continued praying to ¹  the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

1 Samuel 3:2

3:2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

1 Samuel 4:15

4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; ²  he was unable to see.

1 Samuel 1:9

1:9 On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. ³  (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair ⁴  by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)

¹ tc Heb “before.” Many medieval Hebrew manuscripts read “to.”

² tn Heb “were set” or “were fixed,” i.e., without vision.

³ tc The LXX adds “and stood before the Lord,” but this is probably a textual expansion due to the terseness of the statement in the Hebrew text.

⁴ tn Or perhaps, “on his throne.” See Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.