THAT SAME DAY,BENJAMIN RAN FROM BATTLE LINE AND WENT TO SHILOH WITH HIS CLOTHES TORN AND DUST ON HIS HEAD.WHEN HE ARRIVED,ELI WAS SITTING ON THE CHAIR,WATCHING BECAUSE HIS HEART FEARED FOR ARK OF GOD.WHEN WHOLE TOWN CAME TO KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED,THEY BEGAN CRYING.ELI DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAD HAPPENED SO HE ASKED.THE MAN REPLIED SAYING THAT ARMY HAD SUFFERED HUGE LOSS AND ALSO ELI'S SONS ARE DEAD AND ARK OF GOD HAS BEEN CAPTURED.WHEN MAN MENTIONED ARK OF GOD,ELI FELL OFF HIS CHAIR AND HIS NECK BROKE,LEADING TO HIS DEATH.HE DIED AT AGE OF 98 AND HE JUDGED ISRAEL FOR 40 YEARS