The Lord Rejects Eli's Household

1 Samuel 2

27 And there came o a man of God to Eli and said to him, "Thus the Lord has said, p 'Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh? 28 q Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, r to wear an ephod before me? s I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel. 29 Why then do you t scorn 1 my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?' 30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: v 'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,' w but now the Lord declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, x the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 Then y in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, z and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. 33 The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his 2 eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants 3 of your house shall die by the sword of men. 4 34 a And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die b on the same day. 35 c And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. d And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before e my anointed forever. 36 And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, "Please put me in one of the priests' places, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 13:1
    And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 3:1 - 12:1
    Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 28:1
    Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests - Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
    Numbers 18:1
    So the Lord said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your priesthood.
    Numbers 18:7
    And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
  4. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:3
    Including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
    1 Samuel 22:18
    Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:3
    But the rest of the grain offering shall be for...
    Leviticus 2:10
    But the rest of the grain offering shall be for...
    Leviticus 6:16
    And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat...
    Leviticus 7:7 - 8
    The guilt offering is just like the sin offerin...
    Leviticus 7:34
    For the breast that is waved and the thigh that...
    Leviticus 10:14 - 15
    But the breast that is waved and the thigh that...
    Numbers 5:9 - 10
    And every contribution, all the holy donations ...
    Numbers 18:8 - 19
    Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I have g...
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 27:21
    In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
    Exodus 29:9
    And you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:9 - 10
    And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:27
    So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
    1 Samuel 4:11
    And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
    1 Samuel 4:18
    As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
    1 Samuel 4:20
    And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son." But she did not answer or pay attention.
    1 Samuel 22:18 - 19
    Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
  10. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:11
    And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
    Judges 18:30
    And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
    Psalms 78:59 - 64
    When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.
  11. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:4
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age.
  12. Cross References
    1 Kings 13:3
    And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: 'Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.'
  13. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:11
    And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
  14. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:35
    The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
    1 Chronicles 29:22
    And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest.
  15. Cross References
    1 Samuel 25:28
    Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
    1 Kings 11:38
    And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
    2 Samuel 7:11
    From the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.
    2 Samuel 7:27
    For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
  16. Cross References
    2 Samuel 22:51
    Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
    Psalms 18:50
    Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
    Psalms 89:20
    I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
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