1 Samuel 2:23

Contextual Overview

¹¹Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli. ¹¹ Elkana went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to the LORD before `Eli the Kohen. ¹¹ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. ¹¹ Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. Now the boy was serving Yahweh in the presence of Eli the priest. ¹¹ Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest. ¹¹ Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy continued to serve the Lord under Eli the priest. ¹¹ Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest. ¹¹Elkanah [and his wife Hannah] returned to Ramah to his house. But the child [Samuel] served the LORD under the guidance of Eli the priest. ¹¹ Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy continued to attend to the service of the LORD before Eli the priest. ¹¹ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the childe did minister vnto the Lord before Eli the Priest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Why: 1 Kings 1:6, Acts 9:4, Acts 14:15

I hear: etc. or, I hear evil words of you

by all: Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 3:3, Jeremiah 8:12, Philippians 3:19

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 3:13 - his sons Proverbs 15:5 - fool Luke 16:2 - How

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in `Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:8
And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.

Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.

Genesis 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.

Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had made.

Genesis 2:8
And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, toward the east; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.

Genesis 2:8
The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, why do ye such things?.... As to impose upon the people that bring their offerings, by taking more than is due, and in a very indecent and imperious manner; and especially to defile the women when they came to worship: these were very scandalous sins, and deserved a more severe reprimand, and indeed a greater chastisement than by mere words; Eli should have rebuked them more sharply, and laid open the evil of their doings, and as a judge punished them for them:

for I hear of your evil doings by all this people; the inhabitants of Shiloh, or who came thither to worship, who were continually making their complaints to Eli; which still shows his backwardness to reprove them in the manner he did until he was obliged to it by the continual remonstrances of the people against the practices of his sons; he did not attend to the information he had from a few persons, until it became general.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:23. Why do ye such things! — Eli appears to have been a fondly affectionate, easy father, who wished his sons to do well, but did not bring them under proper discipline, and did not use his authority to restrain them. As judge, he had power to cast them immediately out of the vineyard, as wicked and unprofitable servants; this he did not, and his and their ruin was the consequence.