1 Samuel 2:10–17

¹⁰those who oppose the Lord will be broken.^w

The Most High will thunder^x from heaven;

the Lord will judge^y the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength^z to his king

and exalt the horn^a of his anointed.”

¹¹Then Elkanah went home to Ramah,^b but the boy ministered^c before the Lord under Eli the priest.

Eli’s Wicked Sons

¹²Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard^d for the Lord. ¹³Now it was the practice^e of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat^f was being boiled ¹⁴and would plunge the fork into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. ¹⁵But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the person who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”

¹⁶If the person said to him, “Let the fat^g be burned first, and then take whatever you want,” the servant would answer, “No, hand it over now; if you don’t, I’ll take it by force.”

¹⁷This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they^b were treating the Lord’s offering with contempt.^h