1 Samuel 2:23

And he said to them: “Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people?

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In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

In Context

22Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle.

24My sons, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress.

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:6Neither did his father chastise him at any time, saying, “Why have you done this?” Now he, too, was very beautiful, the second in birth, after Absalom.

Jeremiah 3:3For this reason, the rain showers were withheld, and there were no late season rains. You made your face like that of a promiscuous woman; you were not willing to blush.

Acts 9:4And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction; their god is their belly; and their glory is in their shame: for they are immersed in earthly things.

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 →

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