1 Samuel 3:2

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli [was] laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, [that] he could not see;

And it came to pass at that time {H3117}, when Eli {H5941} was laid down {H7901} in his place {H4725}, and his eyes {H5869} began {H2490} to wax dim {H3544}, that he could {H3201} not see {H7200};

Once, during that period, 'Eli had gone to bed - his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that it was hard for him to see.

And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 4:15 (5 votes)

    Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

  • Genesis 27:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.

  • Psalms 90:10 (3 votes)

    The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

  • Genesis 48:10 (3 votes)

    Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, [so that] he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

  • Genesis 48:19 (2 votes)

    And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it]: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:3 (1 votes)

    In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

  • 1 Samuel 2:22 (1 votes)

    Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.