1 Samuel 2:17

So the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for they set at nought the offering of the Lord.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

In Context

16And if the man that sacrificed said, First let the fat be burned, as it is fit, and take for thyself of all things which thy soul desires: then he would say, Nay, for thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.

18And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.

Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

Psalms 51:4thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; 1 Like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. 1

Malachi 2:7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.

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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