1 Samuel 2:11-20

11Then Elkanah went to his home at 1Ramah. 2But the boy ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

12Now the sons of Eli were 34worthless men; they did not know the Lord 135and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand. 14Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15Also, before 6they burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw.” 16If the man said to him, “They must surely 7burn the fat 8first, and then take as much as 9you desire,” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.” 17Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men 10despised the offering of the Lord.

18Now 11Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a boy 1213wearing a linen ephod. 19And his mother would make him a little 14robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer 15the yearly sacrifice. 20Then Eli would 16bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you 17children from this woman in place of 18the one she 19dedicated to the Lord.” And they went to their own 20home.