¹⁶ Nevertheless, ^(A)the Lord raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.

¹⁸ Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

¹⁵ And Samuel ^(A)judged Israel all the days of his life.