Eli
♂Description
High priest at Shiloh in the Ithamarite line; raised Samuel. Failed to restrain his wicked sons Hophni and Phinehas. Died at age 98 when he heard the ark had been captured by the Philistines, falling backward and breaking his neck. Judged Israel forty years.
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