1 Samuel 2:10–17

¹⁰“^aThose who contend with the Lord will be shattered;

^bAgainst them He will thunder in the heavens,

^cThe Lord will judge the ends of the earth;

^dAnd He will give strength to His king,

^eAnd will exalt the ¹horn of His anointed.”

¹¹Then Elkanah went to his home at ^aRamah. ^bBut the boy ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

The Sin of Eli’s Sons

¹²Now the sons of Eli were ^1aworthless men; they did not know the Lord

^13aand the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand.

¹⁴Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

¹⁵Also, before ^athey burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw.”

¹⁶If the man said to him, “They must surely ¹burn the fat ²first, and then take as much as ³you desire,” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”

¹⁷Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men ^adespised the offering of the Lord.