1 Samuel 2:12-17

1 Samuel 2:12 Wickedness of the Sons of EU.

1 Samuel 2:12. Belial (see 1 Samuel 1:16).

1 Samuel 2:12 f. Move full stop from after Lord to after people, and render they did not regard the Lord, nor the custom (i.e. customary share) of the priests from the people. What follows in 1 Samuel 2:13 f. is an abuse regularly practised, followed in 1 Samuel 2:15 f. by an account of a more serious abuse.

1 Samuel 2:15. Burning the fat was an essential part of the sacrifice; so that to cut off some of the flesh before this rite had been performed was gross irreverence and spoilt the whole act of worship.

1 Samuel 2:16. thy soul: better thou emphatic.

1 Samuel 2:17. men abhorred: render the men (i.e. the sons of Eli), despised (mg.).