1 Samuel 2:12
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12 Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord(A)
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1 Samuel 2:12
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Eli’s Wicked Sons
12 Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard(A) for the Lord.
1 Samuel 2:17
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17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for they treated the offerings of the Lord with contempt.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:17
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17 This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they[a] were treating the Lord’s offering with contempt.(A)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 2:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text people
1 Samuel 2:22
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Prophecy against Eli’s Household
22 Now Eli was very old. He heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:22
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22 Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything(A) his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women(B) who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
1 Samuel 2:29-31
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29 Why then look[a] with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings[b] and honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?(A) 30 Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, but now the Lord declares: Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.(B) 31 See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor’s family.[c](C)
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1 Samuel 2:29-31
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29 Why do you[a] scorn my sacrifice and offering(A) that I prescribed for my dwelling?(B) Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’
30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(C)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(D) but those who despise(E) me will be disdained.(F) 31 The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,(G)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 2:29 The Hebrew is plural.
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