I Samuel 2:17
The Scripture
(17) Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Hannah prayed a song of thanksgiving praising the LORD who exalts the humble and brings down the proud, while Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas corrupted the priesthood through greed and immorality. A man of God warned Eli that because he honored his sons above the LORD, judgment would fall on his house and both sons would die in one day.
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