1 Samuel 2:22

2:22 Now Eli was very old when he heard about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel ¹  and how they used to have sex with ²  the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

1 Samuel 4:18

4:18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli ³  fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he ⁴  was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

1 Samuel 17:12

17:12 ⁵ Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem ⁶  in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years. ⁷ 

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “to all Israel.”

[2:22]  ² tn Heb “lie with.”

[4:18]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “the man.”

[17:12]  ⁵ tc Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12-31.

[17:12]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[17:12]  ⁷ tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”