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1 Samuel 4:10-18 LITV
(10) And the Philistines fought, and Israel was beaten. And they each one fled to his tent. And the blow was very great, and thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell. (11) And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli died, Hophni and Phinehas. (12) And a man of Benjamin ran out of the battle line and came to Shiloh on that day. And his clothes were torn, and earth on his head. (13) And he came in. And, behold, Eli was sitting on the seat by the side of the highway, watching. For his heart trembled for the ark of God. And the man came in to report in the city. And all the city cried out. (14) And Eli heard the noise of the cry, and said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man hurried and came and reported to Eli. (15) And Eli was ninety eight years old, and his eyes were set, and he was not able to see. (16) And the man said to Eli, I am he who has come from the ranks, and I fled today out of the battle line. And he said, How did the matter go, my son? (17) And he bearing the news answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines; and also there has been a great slaughter among the people. And also your two sons have died, Hophni and Phinehas. And the ark of God has been taken. (18) And it happened when he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward, by the side of the gate. And his neck was broken, and he died. For the man was old and heavy. And he judged Israel forty years.

1 Samuel 4:10-18 MKJV
(10) And the Philistines fought, and Israel was beaten, and each one of them fled into his tent. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell thirty thousand footmen of Israel. (11) And the ark of God was taken. And Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were slain. (12) And a man of Benjamin ran out of the army. And he came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and with earth upon his head. (13) And he came in, and behold, Eli sat on a seat by the wayside watching. For his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out. (14) And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What is the noise of this tumult? And the man hurried in and told Eli. (15) And Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were set so that he could not see. (16) And the man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How did the matter go, my son? (17) And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people also. And also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. (18) And it happened when he spoke of the ark of God, he fell backward off the seat, by the side of the gate. And his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

1 Samuel 4:10-18 NWT
11 And the ark of God itself was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. 12 And a man of Benjamin went running from the battle line so that he arrived at Shiloh on that day with his garments ripped apart and dirt on his head. 13 When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on the seat by the roadside, watching, because his heart had become atremble over the ark of the [true] God. And the man himself went in to report in the city, and the whole city began crying out. 14 And Eli got to hear the sound of the outcry. So he said: "What does the sound of this turmoil mean?" And the man himself hurried that he might go in and report to Eli. 15 (Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had set so that he was unable to see.) 16 And the man proceeded to say to Eli: "I am the one coming from the battle line, and I-it is from the battle line that I have fled today." At this he said: "What is the thing that has happened, my son?" 17 So the news bearer answered and said: "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also occurred a great defeat among the people; and also your own two sons have died-Hophni and Phinehas-and the very ark of the [true] God has been captured." 18 And it came about that at the moment that he mentioned the ark of the [true] God, he began to fall from the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck got broken so that he died, because the man was old and heavy; and he himself had judged Israel forty years.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation