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1 Samuel 3:14 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 3 · verse 14
And 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.1 Samuel 3:14 · King James Version
1 Samuel 3:14 in context
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.
16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sacrificezebachproperly, a slaughterH2077 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- offeringminchâha donationH4503 →
- purgedkâpharto coverH3722 →
- swornshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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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