1 Samuel 2:12
But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord,
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In The King James Version
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:13‘The sons of Belial have departed from your midst, and they have persuaded the inhabitants of their city, and they have said: “Let us go, and serve strange gods,”’ which you have not known:
Judges 2:10And that entire generation was gathered to their fathers. And there rose up others, who had not known the Lord and the works that he had done for Israel.
1 Samuel 3:7Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not been revealed to him.
1 Samuel 25:17For this reason, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”
1 Kings 21:13And bringing forward two men, sons of the devil, they caused them to sit opposite him. And they, acting indeed like diabolical men, spoke testimony against him before the multitude: “Naboth has blasphemed God and king.” For this reason, they led him away, beyond the city, and they put him to death by stoning.
Jeremiah 9:6Your habitation is in the midst of deceit. In their deceitfulness, they have refused to know me, says the Lord.”
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:12-27
Samuel in the Sanctuary; The Wickedness of Eli's Sons. ( b. c. 1130.) 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord . 13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the… Read the whole commentary →