1 Samuel 2:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 2:12

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

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WEB

World English Bible

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know the LORD.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.

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Berean Literal Bible

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1 Samuel 2

¹⁰ Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

¹¹ Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

¹² Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

¹³ or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

¹⁴ and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

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