1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s Wicked Sons

12 Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
ESV
12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the LORD.
NLT
12 Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD
MSG
12 Eli's own sons were a bad lot. They didn't know God and could not have cared less
CSB
12 Eli's sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the Lord

1 Samuel 2:12 In-Context

10 those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the LORD under Eli the priest.
12 Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the LORD.
13 Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being boiled
14 and would plunge the fork into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 9:6
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