1 Samuel 2
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1 Samuel 2:11-20

11And ElkanahH511 wentH3212 to RamahH7414 to his houseH1004. And the childH5288 didH1961 ministerH8334 unto YhwhH3068 beforeH6440 EliH5941 the priestH3548.

12Now the sonsH1121 of EliH5941 were sonsH1121 of BelialH1100; they knewH3045 not YhwhH3068. 13And the priests’H3548 customH4941 with the peopleH5971 was, that, when any manH376 offeredH2076 sacrificeH2077, the priest’sH3548 servantH5288 cameH935, while the fleshH1320 was in seethingH1310, with a fleshhookH4207 of threeH7969 teethH8127 in his handH3027; 14And he struckH5221 it into the panH3595, or kettleH1731, or caldronH7037, or potH6517; all that the fleshhookH4207 brought upH5927 the priestH3548 tookH3947 for himself. So they didH6213 in ShilohH7887 unto all the IsraelitesH3478 that cameH935 thither. 15Also before they burntH6999 the fatH2459, the priest’sH3548 servantH5288 cameH935, and saidH559 to the manH376 that sacrificedH2076, GiveH5414 fleshH1320 to roastH6740 for the priestH3548; for he will not haveH3947 soddenH1310 fleshH1320 of thee, but rawH2416. 16And if any manH376 saidH559 unto him, Let them not failH6999 to burnH6999 the fatH2459 presentlyH3117, and then takeH3947 as much as thy soulH5315 desirethH183; then he would answerH559 him, Nay; but thou shalt giveH5414 it me now: and if not, I will takeH3947 it by forceH2394.1 17Wherefore the sinH2403 of the young menH5288 was veryH3966 greatH1419 beforeH6440 YhwhH3068: for menH582 abhorredH5006 the offeringH4503 of YhwhH3068.

18But SamuelH8050 ministeredH8334 beforeH6440 YhwhH3068, being a childH5288, girdedH2296 with a linenH906 ephodH646. 19Moreover his motherH517 madeH6213 him a littleH6996 coatH4598, and broughtH5927 it to him from yearH3117 to yearH3117, when she came upH5927 with her husbandH376 to offerH2076 the yearlyH3117 sacrificeH2077.

20And EliH5941 blessedH1288 ElkanahH511 and his wifeH802, and saidH559, YhwhH3068 giveH7760 thee seedH2233 of this womanH802 for the loanH7596 which is lentH7592 to YhwhH3068. And they wentH1980 unto their own homeH4725.2

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 2:16 presently: Heb. as on the day. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 2:20 loan…: or, petition which she asked, etc. ↩

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