1 Samuel 2:23

1 Samuel 2:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
• New International Version (NIV)So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.

Context of 1 Samuel 2:23

21So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD. 22Now 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. “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people. 24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people. 25If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

1 Samuel 2:23 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לָ֥מָּה תַעֲשׂ֖וּן כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֤י שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵיכֶ֣ם רָעִ֔ים מֵאֵ֖ת כָּל־הָעָ֥ם אֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear

• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• are you doingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• thingsדָּבָרdâbâr · ChroniclesH1697
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Iאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• aboutאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• your wickedרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• fromאֵת'êth · withH854
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:23

• 1 Kings 1:6(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
• Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
• Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
• Isaiah 3:9The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
• Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
• Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Why 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was called ministering unto the Lord. He received a blessing from the Lord. Those young people who serve God as well as they can, he will enable to improve, that they may serve him better. Eli shunned trouble and exertion. This led him to indulge his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25Eli'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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2422-24. the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle--This was an institution of holy women of a strictly ascetic order, who had relinquished worldly cares and devoted themselves to the Lord; an institution which continued down to the time of Christ (Lu 2:37). Eli was, on the whole, a good man, but lacking in the moral and religious training of his family. He erred on the side of parental indulgence; and though he reprimanded them (see on De…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 2:23

• Children
• Eli
• Hophni
• Judge
• Obduracy (Hardness)

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings