1 Samuel 2:23
And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord?
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
22And Eli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why hast thou done thus? and he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Absalom.
Jeremiah 3:3And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to thyself: thou hadst a whore’s face, thou didst become shameless toward all.
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 →