撒母耳記上 2:24

24 我 兒 啊 ， 不 可 這 樣 ！ 我 聽 見 你 們 的 風 聲 不 好 ， 你 們 使 耶 和 華 的 百 姓 犯 了 罪 。

撒母耳記上 2:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 2:24

Nay, my sons
This seems to be too soft and smooth an appellation, too kind and endearing, considering the offence they were guilty of, and were now reproving for; rather they deserved to be called sons of Belial, the children of the devil, than sons of Eli, or brutes and shameless wretches, and such like hard names:

for it is no good report that I hear;
a very bad one; far from being good, scarce anything worse could have been said of them; to rob persons of the flesh of their offerings, when there was a sufficient allowance made for them by law, and to be so impious as to require what was not their due, and even before the Lord had his; and to debauch the women that came to religious worship, and that in the sacred place of worship, they also being priests of the Lord, and married men; sins very shocking and sadly aggravated, and yet Eli treats them in this gentle manner:

ye make the Lord's people to transgress:
by causing them to forbear to bring their sacrifices, being used in such an injurious and overbearing way; and by decoying the women into uncleanness, and by setting examples to others: or, "to cry out"; as in the margin of our Bibles, to exclaim against them for their exorbitant and lewd practices; so the Targum,

``the people of the Lord murmur because so ill used by them:''

this clause may be read in connection with the former, "it is no good report that I hear, which ye cause to pass through the Lord's people"; ye occasion the people to speak ill of you everywhere, in the camp of Israel, throughout the whole nation; the report as it is bad, it is general, is in everyone's mouth; so Maimonides ^F21 interprets it; with which Jarchi and others agree ^F23.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Moreh Nevochim, par. 1. c. 21.
F23 Vid. T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 55. 2. & praefat. Ben Chayim. ad Bib. Heb. Bomberg. & Buxtorf.

撒母耳記上 2:24 In-Context

22 以 利 年 甚 老 邁 ， 聽 見 他 兩 個 兒 子 待 以 色 列 眾 人 的 事 ， 又 聽 見 他 們 與 會 幕 門 前 伺 候 的 婦 人 苟 合 ，

23 他 就 對 他 們 說 ： 你 們 為 何 行 這 樣 的 事 呢 ？ 我 從 這 眾 百 姓 聽 見 你 們 的 惡 行 。

24 我 兒 啊 ， 不 可 這 樣 ！ 我 聽 見 你 們 的 風 聲 不 好 ， 你 們 使 耶 和 華 的 百 姓 犯 了 罪 。

25 人 若 得 罪 人 ， 有 士 師 審 判 他 ； 人 若 得 罪 耶 和 華 ， 誰 能 為 他 祈 求 呢 ？ 然 而 他 們 還 是 不 聽 父 親 的 話 ， 因 為 耶 和 華 想 要 殺 他 們 。

26 孩 子 撒 母 耳 漸 漸 長 大 ， 耶 和 華 與 人 越 發 喜 愛 他 。