1 Samuel 2:23

So he said to them, Wherefore should ye do such things as these? for I keep hearing of your wicked doings, from all these people.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

22Now, Eli, was very old,—but he used to hear all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how they even lay with the women who did service, at the opening of the tent of meeting.

24Nay, my sons! for it is no good report that I do hear: leading into transgression the people of Yahweh.

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:6Now his father had not displeased him all his days, by saying—Why, thus, hast thou done? Moreover also, he, was of exceeding handsome appearance, and, him, did his mother bear, after Absolom.

Jeremiah 3:3Therefore have been withholden the showers, And, the latter rain, hath not come,—Yet the forehead of an unchaste woman, hast thou, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

Acts 9:4And, falling unto the earth, he heard a voice saying unto him—Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting?

Philippians 3:19Whose, end, is destruction, whose, God, is the belly, and [whose], glory, is in their shame, who, upon the earthly things, are resolved.

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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