Prophecy Against Eli’s Household

²² Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, ^[a]and how they lay with ^(A)the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

Making the Bronze Laver

⁸ He made ^(A)the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

¹³ And the priests’ custom with the people was that when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fleshhook in his hand while the meat was boiling. ¹⁴ Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; and the priest would take for himself all that the fleshhook brought up. So they did in ^(A)Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. ¹⁵ Also, before they ^(B)burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.”

¹⁶ And if the man said to him, “They should really burn the fat first; then you may take as much as your heart desires,” he would then answer him, “No, but you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.”

¹⁷ Therefore the sin of the young men was very great ^(C)before the Lord, for men ^(D)abhorred^[a] the offering of the Lord.

The Idolatry of Israel

^26 (A)Her priests have ^[a]violated My law and ^(B)profaned My holy things; they have not ^(C)distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

^9 (A)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and ^(B)walk after other gods whom you do not know, ^10 (C)and then come and stand before Me in this house ^(D)which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?

Israel Demands a King

8 Now it came to pass when Samuel was ^(A)old that he ^(B)made his ^(C)sons judges over Israel.