English Standard Version
1 Samuel 2:24
24No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.
1 Samuel 2:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.
- New International Version (NIV)No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the Lord’s people is not good.
- New King James Version (NKJV)No, my sons! For it is not a good report that I hear. You make the Lord’s people transgress.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the Lord’s people are not good.
Context of 1 Samuel 2:24
22Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23And he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad. 25If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death. 26Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.
Read all of 1 Samuel 21 Samuel 2:24 word by word
אַ֖ל בָּנָ֑י כִּ֠י לֽוֹא־טוֹבָ֤ה הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י שֹׁמֵ֔עַ מַעֲבִרִ֖ים עַם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:24
- Acts 6:3Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
- 2 Corinthians 6:8through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;
- 1 Timothy 3:7Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
- 3 John 1:12Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.
- 1 Samuel 2:17Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.
- Exodus 32:21And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"
- 1 Kings 13:18And he said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him.
- 1 Kings 15:30It was for the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and that he made Israel to sin, and because of the anger to which he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel.
- 2 Kings 10:31But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin.
- Malachi 2:8But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,
- Matthew 18:7"Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!
- 2 Peter 2:18For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
- Revelation 2:20But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:24
- 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
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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
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