1 Samuel 2:12

¹⁰ Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

¹¹ Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

¹³ or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

¹⁴ and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
KJV: Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
WEB: Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know the LORD.
ASV: Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.
DARBY: Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Jehovah.
BLB: And the sons of Eli [were] sons of worthlessness; they did not know YHWH.

ÅB: Men Elis sønner var ryggesløse; de brydde seg ikke om Herren.
OTB: Nå var Elis sønner ugudelige menn; de hadde ingen respekt for Herren.
B1930: Men Elis sønner var ryggesløse; de brydde sig ikke om Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 1:28–30
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
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Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
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Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
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Judges 2:10
After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
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2 Corinthians 6:15
What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
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John 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
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Hosea 4:6–9
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
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Malachi 2:1–9
“And now this decree is for you, O priests:
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