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11 Then Elkanah went to his home at (A)Ramah. (B)But the young boy ministered to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

The Sin of Eli’s Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were [a](C)vile men; they did not know Yahweh. 13 (D)And this was the legal judgment for the priests with the people: when any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s young man would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:12 Lit sons of Belial, cf. 2 Cor 6:15