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The reports I hear among the LORD’s people are not good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading abroad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Nay, my sons; for <i>it is</i> no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />No, my sons! For <i>it is</i> not a good report that I hear. You make the LORD’s people transgress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the LORD’S people circulating.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the LORD&#8217S people circulating.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the LORD’s people circulating.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the people of Yahweh passing about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons; for the report that I keep hearing from the passers-by among the LORD’S people is not good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons, the news I hear the LORD’s people spreading is not good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons, the report I hear from the LORD&#8217s people is not good. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people to transgress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Sons, the report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading isn't good!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Stop it, my sons! This is an awful thing the people of the LORD are talking about! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />No, my sons, I'm not hearing good news being circulated by the LORD's people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD?s people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This ought not to be, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the LORD's people is not good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons, do not do this. For it is not a good report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />No, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good, causing the people of YHWH to transgress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Nay, sons, for not a good report which I heard: causing the people of Jehovah to pass by.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />My sons, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Stop this, my sons! The report that I hear the LORD’s people spreading is not good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear the people of the LORD spreading abroad.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear; for you drive away the people of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />No, my sons, because it is not good that I hear, for you are driving away the people of LORD JEHOVAH!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Nay, my sons; for it is no good report which I hear the LORD'S people do spread abroad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Nay <i>my</i> sons, for the report which I hear <i>is</i> not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear <i>are</i> not good, so that the people do not serve God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/2-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=552" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Eli's Wicked Sons</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">No,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bā·nāy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">my sons;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō·w- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">it is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·w·ḇāh (Adj-fs) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">a good</a> <a href="/hebrew/8052.htm" title="8052: haš·šə·mu·‘āh (Art:: N-fs) -- A report. Feminine passive participle of shamem; something heard, i.e. An announcement.">report</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šō·mê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ma·‘ă·ḇi·rîm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">circulating among</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am- (N-msc) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">people.</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-3.htm">Proverbs 15:3</a></span><br />The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-9.htm">Proverbs 15:9</a></span><br />The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-29.htm">Proverbs 15:29</a></span><br />The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-9.htm">Proverbs 28:9</a></span><br />Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a></span><br />When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a></span><br />But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-11</a></span><br />Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">Ezekiel 8:17-18</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose! / Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a></span><br />Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Malachi 2:8-9</a></span><br />But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-33.htm">Matthew 23:33</a></span><br />You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Luke 11:39-42</a></span><br />Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. / You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? / But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make the LORD's people to transgress.</p><p class="hdg">no good</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/6-3.htm">Acts 6:3</a></b></br> Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/6-8.htm">2 Corinthians 6:8</a></b></br> By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and <i>yet</i> true;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/3-7.htm">1 Timothy 3:7</a></b></br> Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.</p><p class="hdg">ye make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-17.htm">1 Samuel 2:17,22</a></b></br> Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-21.htm">Exodus 32:21</a></b></br> And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-18.htm">1 Kings 13:18-21</a></b></br> He said unto him, I <i>am</i> a prophet also as thou <i>art</i>; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. <i>But</i> he lied unto him… </p><p class="hdg">transgress.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/12-9.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/ruth/3-16.htm">Account</a> <a href="/judges/20-38.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Disobey</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-23.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-23.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-8.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-17.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/judges/18-8.htm">Report</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-6.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/ruth/3-9.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/judges/15-9.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Transgress</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-18.htm">Account</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-50.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-20.htm">Disobey</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-6.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-9.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-5.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-5.htm">Report</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-3.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-2.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-7.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-12.htm">Transgress</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm">Hannah's song in thankfulness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">The sin of Eli's sons</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">Samuel's ministry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-20.htm">by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">Eli reproves his sons</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-27.htm">A prophecy against Eli's house</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Eli's use of "my sons" indicates a personal and familial relationship, highlighting the gravity of their misconduct. The familial context underscores the disappointment and responsibility Eli feels as both a father and a high priest. This phrase also echoes the biblical theme of parental responsibility and the challenges of guiding children in righteousness, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/22-6.htm">Proverbs 22:6</a>.<p><b>it is not a good report I hear</b><br>Eli refers to the widespread negative reports about his sons' behavior. The term "report" suggests that their actions were well-known and publicly discussed, indicating a significant breach of conduct. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, reputation and honor were crucial, especially for those in religious service. The "good report" is reminiscent of the qualifications for church leaders in the New Testament, such as in <a href="/1_timothy/3-7.htm">1 Timothy 3:7</a>, where a good reputation is essential.<p><b>circulating among the LORD’s people.</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the community aspect of the offense. The "LORD's people" refers to the Israelites, God's chosen nation, who were expected to uphold His laws and commandments. The misconduct of Eli's sons was not just a personal failing but a public scandal affecting the entire community's spiritual health. This reflects the biblical principle that leaders' actions can influence the faith and behavior of the people they lead, as seen in <a href="/james/3.htm">James 3:1</a>. The phrase also highlights the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the priests were to be mediators and examples of holiness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eli.htm">Eli</a></b><br>The high priest of Israel at the time, Eli is addressing his sons in this verse. He is a significant figure in the early chapters of 1 Samuel, serving as both a priest and a judge over Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/hophni_and_phinehas.htm">Hophni and Phinehas</a></b><br>The sons of Eli, who were priests serving at the tabernacle. They are known for their corrupt and sinful behavior, which included taking advantage of their priestly position for personal gain.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle_at_shiloh.htm">The Tabernacle at Shiloh</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites during this period. It is where Eli and his sons served and where the Ark of the Covenant was housed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, who are affected by the actions of Eli's sons. Their complaints about the sons' behavior reach Eli, prompting his rebuke.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The God of Israel, whose laws and commands are being violated by the actions of Eli's sons. The LORD's standards are central to the account and the rebuke Eli gives.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders in the church and community must uphold God's standards. Eli's failure to correct his sons' behavior serves as a warning about the consequences of neglecting this responsibility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_community.htm">The Impact of Sin on Community</a></b><br>The sins of Hophni and Phinehas affected the entire community of Israel. Our actions, especially those in leadership, have a ripple effect on others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_accountability.htm">The Necessity of Accountability</a></b><br>Eli's rebuke, though late, underscores the need for accountability among God's people. We must hold each other accountable to live according to God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_a_good_reputation.htm">The Value of a Good Reputation</a></b><br>A good report among God's people is crucial. As believers, we should strive to maintain a reputation that honors God and reflects His character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignoring_sin.htm">The Consequences of Ignoring Sin</a></b><br>Ignoring or downplaying sin can lead to severe consequences, both personally and communally. Eli's account reminds us of the importance of addressing sin promptly and decisively.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_incite_and_punish_david.htm">Why does 2 Samuel 24:1 say God incited David to take the census, then punish him for it?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_1_sam_16_and_1_chr_2_differ.htm">How do we explain inconsistencies between 1 Samuel 16's account of Jesse's sons and the genealogies in other biblical passages, such as 1 Chronicles 2:13-15?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_made_david_count_israel's_troops.htm">Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel? God did (2 Samuel 24: 1) Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_1_chr_21_5_and_2_sam_24_9_differ.htm">Why are the census figures in 1 Chronicles 21:5 different from those in 2 Samuel 24:9?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">Ye make the Lord's people to transgress.</span>--The life led by the priests publicly in the sanctuary, with their evident scornful unbelief in the divinely established holy ordinances on the one hand, and their unblushing immorality on the other, corrupted the inner religious life of the whole people.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 24, 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ye make,</span> etc. Eli's words are very obscure, but "Ye make Jehovah's people to transgress" is upon the whole the best rendering of the clause. Both the Sept. and Syriac have a different reading: "Ye make Jehovah's people cease to worship him" In the next verse there is no sufficient reason for supposing that Elohim, God, here means <span class="cmt_word">a judge.</span> Elohim was the head of the theocracy, the ruler of Israel in all things, and he would set to rights these delinquencies of "one man against another" by the ordinary exercise of his judicial functions. So far all is easy, and we must translate, "If one man sin against another, God shall judge him." But in the last clause there is one of those plays upon words to which the Hebrew language, with its numerous conjugations, so readily lends itself (see on 1 Samuel 1:28); and it is rarely possible to transfer to another language the force of passages in which the sense depends upon the terms in the original having a double meaning. The verb rendered <span class="accented">shall judge</span> in the first clause is used again by Eli in the second, but in a different conjugation, in which its usual meaning is to <span class="accented">pray.</span> According to the lexicon, therefore, we must translate: "If a man sin against Jehovah, who shall pray for him?" But surely it was just the occasion in which the only remedy left was intercessory prayer. Bearing then in remembrance the use made by Eli of the verb in the first clause, we must translate: "Who shall act as judge for him?" "Who shall interpose as arbitrator between him and Jehovah to settle the quarrel?" The verb itself, moreover, is a rare and old-fashioned one, and apparently means to <span class="accented">settle a dispute.</span> So it is used of Phinehas, who by his righteous zeal put an end to the rebellion against God's laws; and accordingly in <a href="/psalms/106-30.htm">Psalm 106:30</a>, where our version renders "executed judgment," the, Vulgate has <span class="accented">placavit, appeased</span> Jehovah s anger. The sense then is, In case of wrong done between man and man, God as the supreme Arbitrator settles the dispute; but where the two parties are God and man, what third power is there which can interfere? The quarrel must go on to the bitter end, and God, who is your opponent, will also punish you. The same idea is found in <a href="/job/9-33.htm">Job 9:33</a>. Naturally to so mild a remonstrance, and founded upon so low a view of the Divine nature, the sons of Eli paid but slight attention, and by thus hardening themselves in sin they made their punishment inevitable, "because it pleased Jehovah to slay them." Man can bring upon himself neither good nor evil except by the working of God's will, and the punishment of sin is as thoroughly a part of God's will as the rewarding of righteousness. An intense conviction of the personality of God was the very foundation of the religious life of the Israelites, and lies at the root of the words of Eli here and of those of Job; and it was this which made them ascribe to God that hardening of the wicked in sin which is the sure means of their punishment. We ascribe it to the working of natural laws, which after all is but saying the same thing in a round about way; for the laws of nature, in things moral as well as in the physical world, are the laws of God. In ver. 26, in contrast with Eli's sons ripening for punishment, and daily more abhorred to God and man, we have Samuel set before us advancing in age and "in favour with Jehovah and also with men," like him of whom in so many respects he was a type (<a href="/luke/2-52.htm">Luke 2:52</a>), our blessed Lord. <p> CHAPTER 2:27-36 THE DIVINE JUDGMENT UPON ELI AND HIS HOUSE (vers. 27-36). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/2-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">No,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(’al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my sons;</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּנָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(bā·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[it is] not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֽוֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō·w-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a good</span><br /><span class="heb">טוֹבָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·w·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">report</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·mu·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8052.htm">Strong's 8052: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something heard, an announcement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hear</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁמֵ֔עַ</span> <span class="translit">(šō·mê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">circulating among</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲבִרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·ḇi·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD’s</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">people.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘am-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/2-24.htm">1 Samuel 2:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/2-24.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 2:24 No my sons (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/2-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/2-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>