Key Verse Spotlight
1 Samuel 2:24 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Nay, my sons; for {it is} no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress. {transgress: or, cry out}”
1 Samuel 2:24
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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. {assembled: Heb. assembled by troops}
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. {of your...: or, evil words of you}
Nay, my sons; for {it is} no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress. {transgress: or, cry out}
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
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