1 Samuel 3:13

And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

In Context

12In that day I will raise up against Eli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.

14And it shall not go on so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices forever.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:12And the sons of Eli the priest were evil sons, not knowing the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:22And Eli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.

1 Kings 2:44And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all thy mischief which thy heart knows, which thou didst to David my father: and the Lord has recompensed thy mischief on thine own head.

Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; 1 And be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness. 1

Proverbs 29:15Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: 1 But an erring child disgraces his parents. 1

Ezekiel 7:3The end is come

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:12-19

Eli and His House Threatened. ( b. c. 1128.) 11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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