1 Samuel 2:22

1 Samuel 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

Context of 1 Samuel 2:22

20Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the Lord give you children from this woman in place of the one she requested of the Lord.” And they went to their own home. 21The Lord indeed visited Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up before the Lord. Now Eli was very old; and he heard about everything that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they slept with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 23So he said to them, “Why are you doing such things as these, the evil things that I hear from all these people? 24No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the Lord’s people circulating.

1 Samuel 2:22 word by word

וְעֵלִ֖י זָקֵ֣ן מְאֹ֑ד וְשָׁמַ֗ע אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשׂ֤וּן בָּנָיו֙ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֵ֤ת אֲשֶֽׁר־יִשְׁכְּבוּן֙ אֶת־הַנָּשִׁ֔ים הַצֹּ֣בְא֔וֹת פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃Read the interlinear

• Now Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
• wasזָקֵןzâqên · be oldH2204
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• and he heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• everythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• that his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• were doingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and that they sleptשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901
• the womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• who servedצָבָאtsâbâ' · to serveH6633
• at the doorwayפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• of the tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• of meetingמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:22

• 1 Samuel 8:1Now it came about, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
• 1 Samuel 2:13And this was the custom of the priests with the people: when anyone was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was cooking, with a three-pronged fork in his hand.
• Jeremiah 7:9Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
• Ezekiel 22:26Her priests have done violence to My Law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have closed their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am defiled among them.
• Hosea 4:9And it will be, like people, like priest; So I will punish them for their ways And repay them for their deeds.
• Exodus 38:8Moreover, he made the basin of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22They lay with the women that assembled - It is probable that these were persons who had some employment about the tabernacle. See the note on Exodus 38:8, where the Hebrew text is similar to that in this place.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Women that assembled - Or, “Served.” See the marginal reference and note. Probably such service as consisted in doing certain work for the fabric of the tabernacle as women are accustomed to do, spinning, knitting, embroidering, mending, washing, and such like.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. 22sleeping 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.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 2:22

• Adultery
• Children
• Eli
• Hophni
• Judge
• Lasciviousness
• Minister, Christian
• Obduracy (Hardness)
• Priest
• Rulers
• Tabernacle
• Women

In the dictionaries

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• Custom
• Dunghill
• Dust
• Esteem
• Fleshhook
• Hannah

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