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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, all the city cried out.
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Verse 13. Stool. Hebrew cisse; “a throne or tribunal,” where Heli sat to decide any controversies, and where he had blessed the mother of Samuel. Calmet.—God. He had great reason to fear that this was the day when his sons would perish, and he apprehended that the ark would be in danger. Bible.
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