1 Samuel 2:27-36
Christian Standard Bible
27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him,(A) “This is what the Lord says: ‘Didn’t I reveal myself to your forefather’s family[a] when they were in Egypt and belonged to Pharaoh’s palace?(B) 28 Out of all the tribes of Israel, I chose your house[b] to be my priests, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence.(C) I also gave your forefather’s family all the Israelite food offerings. 29 Why, then, do all of you despise my sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship?(D) You have honored your sons more than me,(E) by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of my people Israel.’
30 “Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I did say that your family and your forefather’s family would walk before me forever.(F) But now,’ this is the Lord’s declaration, ‘no longer! For those who honor me I will honor,(G) but those who despise me will be disgraced.(H) 31 Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your forefather’s family, so that none in your family will reach old age.(I) 32 You will see distress in the place of worship,(J) in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.(K) 33 Any man from your family I do not cut off from my altar will bring grief[c] and sadness to you. All your descendants will die violently.[d][e] 34 This will be the sign that will come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas:(L) both of them will die on the same day.(M)
35 “‘Then I will raise up a faithful priest(N) for myself. He will do whatever is in my heart and mind. I will establish a lasting dynasty for him,(O) and he will walk before my anointed one for all time.(P) 36 Anyone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread. He will say: Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a piece of bread to eat.’”
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1 Samuel 2:27-36
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Yahweh Rebukes Eli
27 Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him: “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to the house of your ancestor[a] when they were in Egypt under the house of Pharaoh? 28 And I chose him from all the tribes of Israel to be a priest to me, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to bear an ephod before me. I gave to the house of your ancestor[b] all the offerings made by fire by the Israelites.[c] 29 Why do you despise my sacrifice and my offering which I commanded for my dwelling place, while you honored your sons more than me by making yourselves fat from the best of all the offerings of my people Israel? 30 Therefore,’ declares[d] Yahweh the God of Israel, ‘though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestor[e] would walk before me forever, but now,’ declares[f] Yahweh, ‘far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt! 31 Look, days are coming when I will cut off your strength[g] and the strength[h] of the house of your ancestor[i] so that no one in your house will live to old age.[j] 32 You will look at the distress of my dwelling place, despite all the good caused for Israel, but there will never be an old man in your household forever![k] 33 The only one I will not cut off from my altar is you.[l] Rather, to cause your eyes to fail and to cause your soul to grieve, all the members of your household[m] will die as men.[n] 34 This is the sign for you that will come regarding your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: they will both die on the same day! 35 But I will raise up for myself a reliable[o] priest; he will do just according to what is in my heart and in my soul. I will build for him a lasting[p] house and he will walk continually before my anointed one forever.[q] 36 All the remainder of your household will come to bow down before[r] him for a bit of silver or a loaf of bread and will say, “Please assign me to one of the priestly offices[s] so that I can eat a morsel of bread.”’”
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- 1 Samuel 2:27 Or “father,” meaning Aaron
- 1 Samuel 2:28 Or “father”
- 1 Samuel 2:28 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Literally “the declaration of”
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Or “father”
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Literally “the declaration of”
- 1 Samuel 2:31 Literally “arm,” figurative of “strength” in the context of “descendants”
- 1 Samuel 2:31 Literally “arm,” figurative of “strength” in the context of “descendants”
- 1 Samuel 2:31 Or “father”
- 1 Samuel 2:31 Literally “from being old in your house”
- 1 Samuel 2:32 Literally “all the days”
- 1 Samuel 2:33 Understanding the beth preposition as a beth essentiae
- 1 Samuel 2:33 Literally “all the abundance of your house”
- 1 Samuel 2:33 Or “in their prime”; some Greek and other manuscripts supply “sword” (“will die by the sword of men”)
- 1 Samuel 2:35 Or “faithful”
- 1 Samuel 2:35 Hebrew “faithful” or “reliable”
- 1 Samuel 2:35 Literally “all the days”
- 1 Samuel 2:36 Literally “to”
- 1 Samuel 2:36 Literally “priesthoods”
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