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1 Samuel 2:12-26 (CEV)

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¹² Eli's sons were priests, but they were dishonest and refused to obey the LORD. So, while people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices, these priests would send over a servant with a large, three-pronged fork. ¹³ (SEE 2:12) ¹⁴ The servant would stick the fork into the cooking pot, and whatever meat came out on the fork was taken back to the priests. That is how these two priests treated every Israelite who came to offer sacrifices in Shiloh. ¹⁵ Sometimes, when people were offering sacrifices, the servant would come over, even before the fat had been cut off and sacrificed to the LORD. Then the servant would tell them, "The priest doesn't want his meat boiled! Give him some raw meat that he can ¹⁶ Usually the people answered, "Take what you want. But first, let us sacrifice the fat to the LORD." "No," the servant would reply. "If you don't give it to me now, I'll take it by force." ¹⁷ Eli's sons did not show any respect for the sacrifices that the people offered. This was a terrible sin, and it made the LORD very angry. ¹⁸ The boy Samuel served the LORD and wore a special linen garment ¹⁹ and the clothes his mother made for him. She would bring new clothes every year, when she and her husband came to offer sacrifices at Shiloh. ²⁰ Eli would always bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "Samuel was born in answer to your prayers. Now you have given him to the LORD. I pray that the LORD will bless you with more children to take his place." After Eli had blessed them, Elkanah and Hannah ²¹ The LORD was kind to Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. But Samuel grew up at the LORD's house in Shiloh. ²² Eli was now very old, and he heard what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. ²³ "Why are you doing these awful things?" he asked them. "I've been hearing nothing but complaints about you from all of the LORD's people. ²⁴ (SEE 2:23) ²⁵ If you harm another person, God can help make things right between the two of you. But if you commit a crime against the LORD, no one can help you!" But the LORD had already decided to kill them. So he kept them from listening to their father. ²⁶ Each day the LORD and his people liked Samuel more and more.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 25) Salvation / Eternal Life - Man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 12) Discipline at Home (2015-10-19)
(v. 13) Discipline at Home (2015-10-19)

Definition(s):
Eli (Ee-lie): the offering or lifting up
Eli (Eli): the offering or lifting up
Eli (Ee-lie): Eli, my God, my God
Eli (Eli): Eli, my God, my God
Elkanah (Ell-kah-na): God the zealous; the zeal of God
Hannah (Han-na): gracious; merciful; he that gives
So (Soh):