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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 2:14

Took — Not contented with the breast and shoulder which were allotted them by God, they took also part of the offerer's share; besides which they snatched their part before it was heaved and waved; contrary to Leviticus 7:34.

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See also 1 Samuel 2:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 2:14. _KETTLE - CALDRON_, OR _POT_] We know not what these were, nor of what capacity; nor is it of any consequence....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE FAILURE OF ELI AND HIS SONS CHAPTER 2:12-36 _ 1. The wicked sons of Eli (1 Samuel 2:12)_ 2. Samuel before Jehovah and Hannah blessed (1 Samuel 2:18) 3. The empty warning of Eli (1 Samuel 2:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TOOK FOR HIMSELF. Robbing the offerers of their own portion. See Leviticus 7:31.Deuteronomy 18:3....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The faithless priests of Shiloh 12. _sons of Belial_ WORTHLESS MEN. See note on 1 Samuel 1:16. _they knew not the_Lord] Were ignorant of His character and so despised His laws. Cp. Judges 2:10; Job 1...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _strooke_ An old form of _struck_, Cp. Milton's _Ode on the Nativity_, "Such music sweet As never was by mortal finger _strook_....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. The Childhood of Samuel, 1 Samuel 2:12 to 1 Samuel 3:21. _Eli's sinful sons._ 1 Samuel 2:12-17 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. 13 And the priests-' custom with...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE STRUCK IT INTO THE PAN, OR KETTLE, OR CALDRON, OR POT; ALL THAT THE FLESHHOOK BROUGHT UP THE PRIEST TOOK FOR HIMSELF. SO THEY DID IN SHILOH UNTO ALL THE ISRAELITES THAT CAME THITHER._ STRUCK I...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING. THE SIN OF ELI'S SONS 1-10. The Song of Hannah. This beautiful poem has been well called the 'Magnificat of the Old Testament.' The song of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (11-36) The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary — The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli — The Doom of the House of Ithamar....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הִכָּ֨ה בַ † כִּיֹּ֜ור אֹ֣ו בַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER IV. _ ELI'S HOUSE._ 1 Samuel 2:11. THE notices of little Samuel, that alternate in this passage with the sad accounts of Eli and his house, are like the green spots that vary the dull stretc...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GROWING BEFORE THE LORD 1 Samuel 2:12 Not only were Eli's sons strangers to the power of religion in the heart, but they had gone to great lengths of profligacy. They had seized on a larger share of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We have the record of the song of triumph sung by Hannah, in which she set forth the might and justice of Jehovah. Thus, in the dark and troublous times, Jehovah is seen acting toward deliverance, by...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; (l) all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. (l)...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Pan. Hebrew has also four terms, but their precise meaning cannot be determined. The vessels were of different forms, or intended for various uses._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (13) And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; (14) An...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In the beautiful song of 1 Samuel 2 Hannah recognises this great principle of sovereign grace, and of the power of God; that He brings down the proud and those who trust in the flesh, and exalts the w...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE STRUCK IT INTO THE PAN, OR KETTLE, OR CAULDRON, OR POT,.... Whatever vessel was made use of, larger or lesser, according to the quantity of flesh the owner boiled for himself and friends, the t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. Ver. 14...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _All that the flesh-hook brought up_, &c. This was a new custom, which they had profanely introduced. For, not content with the breast and right shoulder, allowed them by God, they took also part of t...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Hannahs song in thankefulnesse. 12 The sinne of Elies sonnes. 18 Samuels ministerie. 20 By Elies blessing, Hannah is more fruitfull. 22 Eli reprooueth his sonnes. 28 A prophecie against Elies h...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. That was the greedy conduct of the priests in the preparation of the sacri...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Wicked Practices of Eli's Sons...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The rejoicing prayer of Hannah is now uttered AFTER she has given up her child. The prayer of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, reminds us of this one, though hers was spoken before he child was bor...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-26 Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was c...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ALL THAT THE FLESH-HOOK BROUGHT UP THE PRIEST TOOK FOR HIMSELF; not contented with the breast and shoulder which were allotted them by God, EXODUS 29:27,28 LE 7:31, they took also part of the offerer'...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 2:14 thrust H5221 (H8689) pan H3595 kettle H1731 caldron H7037 pot H6517 priest H3548 take H3947 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE RISE OF SAMUEL AND THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ELI (1 SAMUEL 2:12 TO 1 SAMUEL 3:1). In this section we now have a description of the careful build up of Samuel's ministry and of his own spiritual gro...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 SAMUEL 1-4 _(with Judges 21:16)_ I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant, who does...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hannah's prophetic prayer. Evil sons of Eli. Samuel in the tabernacle. The warning to Eli. CHARACTERS: God, Hannah, Eli, Samuel, Hophni, Phinehas, Elkanah, a prophet. CONCLUSION: Nothing i...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 2:1. _Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth._ This song is much admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, and t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial._ INDULGENT HOME LIFE I. The sins it induces. The sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are the more prominent, so we will contemplate, 1. Their conduct and character....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:11 At the same time that the boy Samuel is ministering to the Lord (vv. 1 Samuel 2:11, 1

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:29; 2 Peter 2:13; Exodus 29:27; Exodus 29:28; Isaiah 56:11

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