1 Samuel 2:10–17

¹⁰Those who oppose the Lord will be shattered;^Cz

he will thunder in the heavens against them.^aa

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.^ab

He will give power to his king;

he will lift up the horn of his anointed.^Dac

¹¹Elkanah went home to Ramah,^ad but the boy served the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.^ae

ELI’S FAMILY JUDGED

¹²Eli’s sons were wicked men;^af they did not respect the Lord^{ag 13}or the priests’ share of the sacrifices from the people. When anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling ¹⁴and plunge it into the container, kettle, cauldron, or cooking pot.^ah The priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is the way they treated all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh. ¹⁵Even before the fat was burned,^ai the priest’s servant would come and say to the one who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you—only raw.” ¹⁶If that person said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you can take whatever you want for yourself,”^aj the servant would reply, “No, I insist that you hand it over right now. If you don’t, I’ll take it by force!” ¹⁷So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because the men treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.^ak