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1 Samuel 3:13 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 3 · verse 13
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.1 Samuel 3:13 · King James Version
1 Samuel 3:13 in context
11And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
12In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
14And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
15And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
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Key words (Strong's)
- restrainedkâhâhto be weakH3543 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- knowethyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- judgeshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- toldnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
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Here is, I. The message which, after all this introduction, God delivered to Samuel concerning Eli's house. God did not come to him now to tell him how great a man he should be in his day, what a figure he should make, and what a blessing he should be in Israel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-18