1 Samuel 2:22

Translations

Modern

Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Traditional

Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Literal

And Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Latin

Heli autem erat senex valde, et audivit omnia quæ faciebant filii sui universo Israëli, et quomodo dormiebant cum mulieribus quæ observabant ad ostium tabernaculi:

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English

Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Notes

1 Samuel 2:22

sleeping with the women: Eli’s sons were likely influenced by Canaanite religious practices, which included sex as part of the ceremony.
who served at the entrance: See Exodus 38:8.

1 Samuel 2:22–25

Eli's weak efforts to correct his the behavior of his sons (see 1 Samuel 2:29) show he raised them without discipline (1 Samuel 3:13).

Theme notes and profiles

Eli The Priestly Blessing

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Exodus 38:8
Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
1 Samuel 2:13–17
…or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
Jeremiah 7:9–10
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
1 Samuel 8:1
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
Hosea 4:9–11
And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

People

Eli: High priest and judge of Israel at Shiloh Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Canaan, Canaanite Hophni Phinehas Priests and Levites Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Adultery: Sons of Eli Children: Wicked: Eli's Sons Christian Minister: Eli's Sons Eli: Indulgent to his Corrupt Sons Hophni: Sin of Judge: Corrupt: Eli's Sons Lasciviousness: Eli's Sons Obduracy (Hardness): Sons of Eli Priest: Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Eli's Sons Priests were Sometimes: Profane and Wicked Rulers: Wicked: Debauching Themselves and the Worshipers Tabernacle: Israelites Worship At Women: Took Part in Ancient Worship Women: Worshiped in Separate Compartments

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