1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know the LORD.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
In Context
11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:13certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which you have not known,
Judges 2:10After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who didn’t know the LORD, nor the work which he had done for Israel.
1 Samuel 3:7Now Samuel didn’t yet know the LORD, neither was the LORD’s word yet revealed to him.
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
1 Kings 21:13The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Jeremiah 9:6Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says the LORD.
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 →