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1 Samuel 2:12-17

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The Family of Eli the Priest

12 Now the sons of Eli [were] {worthless scoundrels}; they did not know Yahweh.
13 And the custom of the priests with the people [was this]: When any man {brought a sacrifice}, as the meat was boiling, the servant of the priest would take a three-pronged meat fork in his hand
14 and would thrust it into the pan or into the kettle or into the cauldron or into the cooking pot. All that the meat fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This [is] what they used to do to all of the Israelites who came there at Shiloh.
15 Also, before they {offered up} the fat as a burnt offering, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest meat for roasting, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but only {raw}."
16 And [if] the man said to him, "Let them burn the fat completely {first}, then take for yourself as {you} desire," then he would say to him, "No! Give it now! If not, I will take it by force!"
17 So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt.
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1 Samuel 2:12-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 2

In this chapter the song of Hannah is recorded, 1Sa 2:1-10, and an account is given of the return of Elkanah and Hannah to their own home, and of the care she took yearly to provide a coat for Samuel, and of her being blessed with many other children, and of the growth and ministry of Samuel before the Lord, 1Sa 2:11,18-21,26, and of the wickedness of the sons of Eli, 1Sa 2:12-17, and of Eli's too gentle treatment of them when he reproved them for it, 1Sa 2:22-25 and of a sharp message sent him from the Lord on that account, threatening destruction to his house, of which the death of his two sons would be a sign, 1Sa 2:27-36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 8

  • [a]. Literally "sons of Belial"
  • [b]. Or "acknowledge"
  • [c]. Literally "[was] sacrificing a sacrifice" and so throughout 1 & 2 Samuel
  • [d]. Literally "caused to go up in smoke"
  • [e]. Literally "with the life"
  • [f]. Literally "as the day"
  • [g]. Literally "as your soul"
  • [h]. According to the reading tradition (Qere)
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