18. Uthe akuva kukhankanywa netyesi yomnqophiso uEli, waphequka kweso sihlalo sakhe ngasesangweni, wophuka ilungu lentamo, wafa. Kaloku wayeselaluphele, ekwanesiqu. Wayeyinkokheli kwaSirayeli iminyaka engamashumi amane.
19. Ngelo xesha umolokazana kaEli, umka-Pineyasi, wayekhulelwe, seleza kukhululeka. Wathi ke akuziva iindaba zokuthinjwa kwetyesi yomnqophiso kaThixo, nokuba uyisezala kunye nomyeni wakhe abasekho, wasuka waguqa, wazala. Zamongamela iintlungu zokubeleka.
20. Kwathi xa aqhawukayo, abafazi ababembelekisa bathi kuye: “Qina, mfazi; uzele inkwenkwe.”Yena wasuka akaphendula, akabahoya nokubahoya oku.
21. Wathi igama laloo mntwana nguIkabhodi, esithi: “Udumo lumkile kwaSirayeli,” kuba ityesi kaThixo ibithinjiwe, uyisezala nomyeni wakhe nabo babeswelekile.
22. Wathi: “Udumo lumkile kwaSirayeli, kuba ityesi kaThixo ithinjiwe.”