And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
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Glossary
- Eli Person
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Ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh ( 1 Sam. 1:3 , 9). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron’s fourth son ( 1 Chr. 24:3 ; comp. 2 Sam. 8:17 ), who held that office.