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1 Samuel 2:29 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 29
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?1 Samuel 2:29 · King James Version
1 Samuel 2:29 in context
27And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
28And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- habitationmâʻôwnan abode, of God , men or animalsH4583 →
- sacrificezebachproperly, a slaughterH2077 →
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- honourestkâbadto be heavyH3513 →
- offeringminchâha donationH4503 →
- chiefestrêʼshîyththe first, in place, time, order or rankH7225 →
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Eli reproved his sons too gently, and did not threaten them as he should, and therefore God sent a prophet to him to reprove him sharply, and to threaten him, because, by his indulgence of them, he had strengthened their hands in their wickedness.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-36