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11 Elkanah [and his wife Hannah] returned to Ramah to his house. But the child [Samuel] served the Lord [a]under the guidance of Eli the priest.

The Sin of Eli’s Sons

12 The sons of Eli [Hophni and Phinehas] were [b]worthless (dishonorable, unprincipled) men; they did not know [nor respect] the Lord 13 and the custom of the priests with [the sacrifices of] the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged [meat] fork in his hand;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:11 Lit in the presence of.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:12 Lit sons of Belial.

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