And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that 'Eli' feel from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
Forsoþe his douyter in lawe, þe wijf of Finees, was with childe, and niy þe child bering; and whanne þe message was herd þat þe arke of God was takun, and þat hir fadir in lawe was deed, and hir hosebonde, sche bowide hir silf, and childide; for sodeyn sorewis felden in to hir.