A priest in Shiloh who was also a Judge (1 Sam. 4). He looked after the Ark of the Covenant and died of a heart attack when he heard that it had been captured by the Philistines.
Citation for Eli
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"Eli." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 25, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e590>.
Chicago
"Eli." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e590 (accessed May 25, 2013).