Two Priests

Two Priests judged Israel, Eli and Samuel.

Their sons were wicked:

1 Samuel 2:12. Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not know the LORD*. 13. And the priest’s custom with the people was when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the flesh was in boiling, with a flesh hook of three teeth in his hand 14. and he stuck it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. All that the flesh hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all Israel who came there. 15. Also before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, for he will not have sodden flesh from you, but raw. 16. And if any man said to him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently then take as much as your being desires. Then he would answer him, No, but you will give it to me now. And if not, I shall take it by force. 17. Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD*, for the men abhorred the offering of the LORD*.

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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.