1 Samuel 2:17

Therefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 any man saide vnto him, Let them burne the fatte according to the custome, then take as much as thine heart desireth: then hee would answere, No, but thou shalt giue it nowe: and if thou wilt not, I will take it by force.

18Now Samuel being a yong childe ministred before the Lord, girded with a linen Ephod.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11The earth also was corrupt before God: for the earth was filled with crueltie.

Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom were wicked and exceeding sinners against the Lord.

Psalms 51:4Against thee, against thee onely haue I sinned, and done euill in thy sight, that thou mayest be iust when thou speakest, and pure when thou iudgest.

Malachi 2:7For the Priestes lippes shoulde preserue knowledge, and they shoulde seeke the Lawe at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hostes.

Matthew 18:7Wo be vnto the world because of offences: for it must needes be that offences shall come, but wo be to that man by whome the offence commeth.

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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