1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were base men; they did not know the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
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 base fellows are gone out from the midst of you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known;
Judges 2:10Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn't know the Lord, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.
1 Samuel 3:7Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord 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 base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base 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 midst 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 →