1 Samuel 2:13

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.

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Reciprocal: Exodus 27:3 - fleshhooks Exodus 29:31 - seethe his flesh Exodus 38:3 - fleshhooks Leviticus 8:31 - Boil 1 Samuel 2:22 - did unto 1 Samuel 2:29 - kick ye 1 Samuel 8:9 - the manner 1 Kings 7:45 - the pots 1 Chronicles 28:17 - pure gold 2 Chronicles 4:16 - fleshhooks 2 Chronicles 35:13 - sod Ezekiel 46:20 - boil the trespass Matthew 24:49 - and to 1 Corinthians 10:18 - are

Cross-References

Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham: Kush, Mitzrayim, Put, and Kana`an.

Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:6
the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim [from whom descended the Egyptians], Put, and Canaan;

Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:6
Moreouer, ye sonnes of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

Genesis 10:6
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the Lord . Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the Lord !" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priest's custom with the people was,.... Not what was according to the will and law of God, but which the sons of Eli had introduced; and in which they were followed by the rest of the priests, and so it became an established custom, and had the force of a law, statute, or judgment, as the word signifies:

[that] when any man offered sacrifice; not any sort of sacrifice, for if it was a burnt offering, it was wholly consumed by fire, and in that the following custom could not take place; and if it was a sin offering, that was eaten by the priests, and so there was no need of taking such a method as after related; but a peace offering, part of which belonged to the Lord, the fat that was burnt, and the breast and shoulder to the priest, and the rest to the owner, who made a feast of it for his family and friends:

the priest's servant came while the flesh was in seething; that is, while those parts were boiling for the owner and his family; which was done in some part of the tabernacle, as afterwards in the temple:

with a flesh hook of three teeth in his hand; with a three forked instrument, with which he was sent by order of the priest that slew the sacrifice, and offered it, to whom belonged the parts before mentioned, allowed him by the law; but not content with these, he sent his servant, while the rest were boiling, with such an instrument as here described, to draw up more out of the boiling pot.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Law of Moses defined exactly what was to be the priest’s portion of every peace offering Leviticus 7:31-35, as it also gave express directions about the burning of the fat Leviticus 7:23-25, Leviticus 7:31. It was therefore a gross act of disobedience and lawlessness on the part of Hophni and Phinehas to take more than the Law gave them. Incidental evidence is afforded by this passage to the existence of the Levitical law at this time.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:13. When any man offered sacrifice — That is, when a peace-offering was brought, the right shoulder and the breast belonged to the priest, the fat was burnt upon the altar, and the blood was poured at the bottom of the altar; the rest of the flesh belonged to the offerer. Under pretence of taking only their own part, they took the best of all they chose, and as much as they chose.