1 Samuel 2:10-20

10 "¹Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; ²Against them He will thunder in the heavens, ³The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; ⁴And He will give strength to His king, ⁵And will exalt the horn of His anointed."

11 Then Elkanah went to his home at ⁶Ramah. ⁷But the boy ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest.

The Sin of Eli's Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were ⁸worthless men; they did not know the LORD

13 ⁹and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged * fork in his hand.

14 Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

15 Also, before ¹⁰they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only * raw."

16 If the man said to him, "They must surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as you desire," then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force."

17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men ¹¹despised the offering of the LORD.

Samuel before the LORD as a Boy

18 Now ¹²Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy ¹³wearing a linen ephod.

19 And his mother would make him a little ¹⁴robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer ¹⁵the yearly sacrifice.

20 Then Eli would ¹⁶bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you children from this woman in place of the one she ¹⁷dedicated * to the LORD." And they went to their own home.

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1 Samuel 2:10-20 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

Cross References 17

1. Exodus 15:6; Psalms 2:9
2. 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 22:14; Psalms 18:13, 14
3. Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Matthew 25:31, 32
4. Psalms 21:1, 7
5. Psalms 89:24
6. 1 Samuel 1:1, 19
7. 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 3:1
8. Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 9:3, 6; 2 Corinthians 6:15
9. Leviticus 7:29-34
10. Lev 3:3-5, 16
11. Malachi 2:7-9
12. 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 3:1
13. 1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Samuel 22:18; 2 Samuel 6:14; 1 Chronicles 15:27
14. Exodus 28:31
15. 1 Samuel 1:3, 21
16. Luke 2:34
17. 1 Sam 1:11, 27, 28

Footnotes 9

[a]. I.e. strength
[b]. Lit "sons of Belial"
[c]. Lit "offer up in smoke"
[d]. Lit "like the day"
[e]. Lit "your soul"
[f]. Lit "girded with"
[g]. Lit "seed"
[h]. Lit "the one asked for which was lent"
[i]. Lit "place"