Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
Elí tenía noventa y ocho años de edad, y sus ojos se habían oscurecido tanto que no podía ver.
Elí era un anciano de casi cien años que había perdido la vista por su edad avanzada.
📚 Contexto Histórico
Eli was the high priest of Israel who served at the tabernacle in Shiloh, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. This verse comes during a crucial moment when the Israelites had just suffered a devastating defeat against the Philistines, and the Ark had been captured. Eli's physical blindness here symbolically reflects the spiritual blindness that had affected Israel's leadership during this dark period in their history.
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