Eli
priest of Israel in Shiloh (1SA 1:3)
PersonTribe of Levimale31 verses
Names
- Eli — עֵלִי eliy “y-h-v-h is exalted; G-d [El] is exalted” (H5941) · Ηλι Ēli (G2242) — 1 Samuel 1:3
Family
- father of Hophni (inferred)
- father of Phinehas (son of Eli, a corrupt priest) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Eli — 2,838 AH · 1,214 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — 1 Samuel 4:15
- Beginning of Eli's time as judge of Israel* — 2,896 AH · 1,157 BC (Ussher) — 1 Samuel 4:18
- End of Eli's time as judge of Israel — 2,936 AH · 1,117 BC (Ussher) — 1 Samuel 4:18
- Death of Eli — 2,936 AH · 1,117 BC (Ussher) · aged 98 — 1 Samuel 4:18
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.