Eli received [the tradition] from Pinchas in the year 2830, and in that year Shmuel was born [(Yuchsin and Seder Hadoros, and Tzemach David writes 2831)]. And he judged in Shilo for forty years, from the age of 58, and lived 98 years and died in [the year] 2870. And the man from Benjamin who informed Eli of the death of his sons and the capture of the Ark was Shaul [(Midrash)].