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1 Samuel 2:17 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 17 · King James Version
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.1 Samuel 2:17 · King James Version
1 Samuel 2:17 in context
15Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
16And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
19Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Key words (Strong's)
- abhorrednâʼatsto scornH5006 →
- offeringminchâha donationH4503 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- sinchaṭṭâʼâhan offence , and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiationH2403 →
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