18 E come ebbe mentovato l’arca di Dio, Eli cadde dal suo seggio all’indietro, allato alla porta, si ruppe la nuca, e morì, perché era un uomo vecchio e pesante. Era stato giudice d’Israele quarant’anni.
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When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led Israel forty years.