1 Samuel 2:31

Behold, the days come when I will destroy thy seed and the seed of thy father's house.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

In Context

30Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honour them that honour me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.

32And thou shalt not have an old man in my house for ever.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:2And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and + 4:2 Gr. the war.the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.

1 Samuel 14:3And Achia son of Achitob, the brother of Jochabed the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, was the priest of God in Selom wearing an ephod: and the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

1 Kings 2:26And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Depart thou quickly to Anathoth to thy farm, for thou art + 2:26 Gr. a man of death.worthy of death this day; but I will not slay thee, because thou hast borne the ark of the covenant of the Lord before my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all things wherein my father was afflicted.

1 Kings 2:35o But now do not thou hold him guiltless, for thou art a man of understanding, and thou wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and thou shalt bring down his + 2:35o Gr. hoary head.grey hairs with blood to + 2:35o Gr. Hades.the grave.

Psalms 37:17For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.

Ezekiel 44:10But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went astray from me after their imaginations, they shall even bear their iniquity.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:28-36

Eli and His House Threatened. ( b. c. 1128.) 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine… Read the whole commentary →

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