1 Samuel 2:10–17

¹⁰The Lord! His adversaries will be shattered;

the Most High^k will thunder in heaven.

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;

he will give strength to his king

and exalt the power of his anointed.”^*

Eli’s Wicked Sons

¹¹Then they left him there before the Lord and went^l home to Ramah, while the boy remained to minister to the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.^*

¹²Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord^{* 13}or for the duties of the priests to the people. When anyone offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand,^{* 14}and he would thrust it into the pan, kettle, caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself.^m This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. ¹⁵Moreover, before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the one who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you but only raw.”^{* 16}And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first and then take whatever you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now; if not, I will take it by force.” ¹⁷Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for they treated the offerings of the Lord with contempt.^*