One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Eli. Every Eli in the Bible
- verses
- 30
- first named
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- last named
- 1 Kings 2:27
- period
- United Monarchy
- tribe
- Levi
Description
Who was Eli?
Eli, a prominent figure in 1 Samuel, served as the high priest and judge of Israel at the tabernacle in Shiloh. He first appears in the narrative when Hannah, the mother of Samuel, prays at the tabernacle (1Sa.1.9-17). Eli initially misunderstands her prayer but later blesses her. After Samuel's birth, Hannah dedicates him to serve under Eli at the tabernacle (1Sa.1.25-28). However, Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were wicked and did not follow God's ways (1Sa.2.12-17). Eli failed to restrain their behavior, leading to a prophecy of judgment against his family (1Sa.2.27-36). Eli continued to serve as the high priest and judge, while Samuel grew up in the tabernacle (1Samuel 3). In his old age, Eli received news of Israel's defeat by the Philistines, the capture of the Ark of the Covenant, and the death of his sons. Upon hearing this, Eli fell backward, broke his neck, and died at the age of 98 (1Sa.4.12-18). His death marked the end of an era and the beginning of Samuel's leadership as a prophet and judge.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 15 are drawn. All 15 are listed below.
Child of
- Unnamed#4registry, no verse
Father of
Parent of
Stands in the same events as
- Samuel15 events
- Hannah4 events
- Israel2 events
- LORD2 events
- Sons Of Eli2 events
- Standing1 event
- Offering1 event
- Sitting1 event
- Iniquity1 event
- Shiloh1 event
- Ministry1 event
- Elkanah1 event
and 2 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Eli is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
30 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in 1 Samuel (29) and 1 Kings (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 30, across 2 books. The name is written 33 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- 1 Samuel 1Eli sat by the doorpost of the temple, mistook Hannah’s silent prayer for drunkenness, and then sent her away with a blessing.
- 1 Samuel 2Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, heard the report of his sons’ deeds, rebuked them, and received the judgment against his house.
- 1 Samuel 3Eli, though unable to see, recognizes that the LORD is calling Samuel and makes him report the message.
- 1 Samuel 4Eli waited beside the road for news of the ark, then fell from his chair and died when he heard it was captured.
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