1 Samuel 4:15

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

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Aphek was the Philistine encampment, while Ebenezer marked Israel’s battlefield defeat; both lay in the hill country west of Shiloh, Israel’s sanctuary center where Eli awaited news. Their significance here is that the report reaching Eli at Shil

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1 Samuel 4:15 mentions Aphek, Ebenezer and Shiloh.