1 Samuel 2:22

And Heli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

In Context

21And the Lord visited Anna, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

23And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord?

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Cross References

Exodus 38:8overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings.

1 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

Ezekiel 22:26Her priests also have set at nought my law, and profaned my holy things: they have not distinguished between the holy and profane, nor have they distinguished between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.

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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