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Eli

High priest of Israel at Shiloh who mistook Hannah's silent prayer for drunkenness and raised the boy Samuel; his corrupt sons defiled the tabernacle, and his house fell under the judgment spoken by a man of God and confirmed through Samuel.

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Judges era
Titles
High Priest
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1-samuel · priesthood · shiloh

Eli in Scripture

35 verses use this name, in 4 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Eli.

First namedNumbers 34:25Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun;Last namedMatthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Old Testament3 books · 34 mentions

Numbers1 mention

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1 Samuel32 mentions

27 further mentions in 1 Samuel — read them in the book.

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1 Kings1 mention

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Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Numbers 34, 1 Samuel 1, 1 Samuel 2, 1 Samuel 3, 1 Samuel 4, 1 Samuel 14, 1 Kings 2 and Matthew 27. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

SaulIsrael's first king, head and shoulders above the people; began in humility, ended in rejection — sparing what God devo…1 Samuel 14:1One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
JonathanSon of King Saul who climbed a cliff to rout a garrison on the conviction that nothing restrains Jehovah; cut a covenan…1 Samuel 14:1One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
SamuelAsked of God by Hannah and lent to the LORD at Shiloh; the last judge and first of the prophets after Moses, who anoint…1 Samuel 1:20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
HannahThe barren wife who wept at Shiloh, vowed her son to the LORD, and sang the song of reversal — "he raiseth up the poor…1 Samuel 1:2He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
SolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.1 Kings 2:1As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
DavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.1 Kings 2:1As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
PhinehasGrandson of Aaron whose zeal at Baal-Peor stayed the plague and secured "my covenant of peace… an everlasting priesthoo…1 Samuel 1:3Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
JosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exod…Numbers 34:23Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;

Studies that meet Eli

These studies quote a verse that names Eli.

Names of God1 Samuel 1:3The Messianic PsalmsMatthew 27:46The Scarlet ThreadMatthew 27:461 Samuel — the Study Guide1 Samuel 1:3The Glory Departed — Ezekiel 8–111 Samuel 4:4
Studies working in the same chapters2

These do not quote a verse naming Eli; they open other passages in the same chapters.

The TabernacleMatthew 27Taw — The Mark of GodMatthew 27

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