I Samuel · Chapter 2 King James Version

I Samuel 2:22

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The Scripture

(22) 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.
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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