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Eli

Male · d. 1122 BC

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Named in 30 verses

• 1 Samuel 1:3 This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests
• 1 Samuel 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of Yahweh’s temple.
• 1 Samuel 1:12 As she continued praying before Yahweh, Eli saw her mouth.
• 1 Samuel 1:13 Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.
• 1 Samuel 1:14 Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”
• 1 Samuel 1:17 Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”
• 1 Samuel 1:25 They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
• 1 Samuel 2:11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
• 1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.
• 1 Samuel 2:20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their
• 1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
• 1 Samuel 2:27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?
• 1 Samuel 3:1 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then.
• 1 Samuel 3:2 At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
• 1 Samuel 3:5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.” He went and lay down.
• 1 Samuel 3:6 Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He answered, “I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again.”
• 1 Samuel 3:8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
• 1 Samuel 3:9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay
• 1 Samuel 3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
• 1 Samuel 3:14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”
• 1 Samuel 3:15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.
• 1 Samuel 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!” He said, “Here I am.”
• 1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hop
• 1 Samuel 4:11 God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
• 1 Samuel 4:13 When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it,
• 1 Samuel 4:14 When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?” The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
• 1 Samuel 4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.
• 1 Samuel 4:16 The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.” He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”
• 1 Samuel 14:3 including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn’t k
• 1 Kings 2:27 So Solomon thrust Abiathar out from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill Yahweh’s word which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.