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Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You will watch with envy as I pour out prosperity on the people of Israel. But no members of your family will ever live out their days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt see an enemy <i>in my</i> habitation, in all <i>the wealth</i> which <i>God</i> shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And you will see an enemy <i>in My</i> dwelling place, <i>despite</i> all the good which God does for Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you will look at the distress of <i>My</i> dwelling, in <i>spite of</i> all the good that I do for Israel; and there will never be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You will see the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And you will see the distress of <i>My</i> dwelling, in <i>spite of</i> all that I do good for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And you will look upon the distress of <i>My</i> habitation, in <i>spite of</i> all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house all the days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You will look at the distress of <i>My</i> house (the tabernacle), in <i>spite of</i> all the good which God will do for Israel, and there will never again be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will see distress in the place of worship, in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will see distress in the place of worship, in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your family will have a lot of trouble. I will be kind to Israel, but everyone in your family will die young. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You will see distress in my dwelling place. In spite of the good that I do for Israel, no one in your family will live to an old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will be troubled and look with envy on all the blessings I will give to the other people of Israel, but no one in your family will ever again live to old age. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Distress will settle down to live in your household, and despite all the good that I do for Israel, there will never be an old man in your family forever, and you will never again have an old man in my house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And you will see distress in the dwelling place, in all that he does good with Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house all the days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have beheld an adversary [in My] habitation, in all that He does good with Israel, and there is not an old man in your house all the days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and thou hast beheld an adversary in My habitation, in all that He doth good with Israel, and there is not an old man in thy house all the days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou lookedst upon the straits of the habitation in all which shall seem good with Israel; and an old man shall not be in thy house all the days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt see thy rival in the temple, in all the prosperity of Israel, and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you will see your rival in the temple, amid all the prosperity of Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house for all days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall witness, like a disappointed rival, all the benefits enjoyed by Israel, but no member of your household shall ever grow old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then in distress you will look with greedy eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed upon Israel; and no one in your family shall ever live to old age.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Nor him that bears rule in your habitation, in all the prosperity which God shall bring in Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Or he who holds a scepter in your habitation, anyone who will do good in Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house all the days<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt behold a rival in My habitation, in all the good which shall be done to Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt not have an old man in my house for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/2-32.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=667" 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">A Prophecy Against the House of Eli</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house. <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5027.htm" title="5027: wə·hib·baṭ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To look. A primitive root; to scan, i.e. Look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care.">You will see</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: ṣar (Adj-msc) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/4583.htm" title="4583: mā·‘ō·wn (N-ms) -- Dwelling, habitation. Or maiyn; from the same as ownah; an abode, of God, men or animals; hence, a retreat.">in My dwelling place.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵōl (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Despite all</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.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190: yê·ṭîḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively.">is good</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">in Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇê·ṯə·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in your house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">will ever again</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">reach</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: zā·qên (Adj-ms) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">old age.</a> </span><span class="reftext">33</span>And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.…<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="/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27</a></span><br />So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">1 Kings 2:35</a></span><br />And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-11.htm">1 Samuel 4:11</a></span><br />The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-17.htm">1 Samuel 4:17-18</a></span><br />The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.” / As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-19.htm">1 Samuel 4:19-22</a></span><br />Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her. / As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed. / And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-14.htm">1 Kings 14:14</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-10.htm">1 Kings 14:10</a></span><br />Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-31.htm">1 Kings 2:31-33</a></span><br />And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed. / The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army. / Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">1 Kings 2:35</a></span><br />And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10-16</a></span><br />Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity. / Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them. / Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-6.htm">Ezekiel 44:6-9</a></span><br />Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel. / In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant. / And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Jeremiah 23:11-12</a></span><br />“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD. / “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-33.htm">Jeremiah 23:33-34</a></span><br />“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’ / As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a></span><br />Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13-14</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in your house for ever.</p><p class="hdg">an enemy, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/4-4.htm">1 Samuel 4:4,11,22</a></b></br> So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth <i>between</i> the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, <i>were</i> there with the ark of the covenant of God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Psalm 78:59-64</a></b></br> When God heard <i>this</i>, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: … </p><p class="hdg">an old man</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/8-4.htm">Zechariah 8:4</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">Although</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Amidst</a> <a href="/judges/16-27.htm">Beheld</a> <a href="/numbers/18-7.htm">Bestowed</a> <a href="/judges/11-7.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/judges/19-1.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/judges/16-24.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-21.htm">Envious</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-29.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-29.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-31.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-31.htm">Line</a> <a href="/luke/18-3.htm">Oppressor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-15.htm">Prosperity</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-7.htm">Rival</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-32.htm">Spite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-7.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/28-16.htm">Adversary</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-12.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-12.htm">Although</a> <a href="/psalms/47-5.htm">Amidst</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-35.htm">Beheld</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm">Bestowed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-2.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-2.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-29.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/psalms/37-1.htm">Envious</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-2.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-25.htm">Habitation</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-2.htm">Line</a> <a href="/esther/8-1.htm">Oppressor</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-6.htm">Prosperity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-8.htm">Rival</a> <a href="/job/23-2.htm">Spite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-1.htm">Wealth</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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The "dwelling place" signifies the tabernacle at Shiloh, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. This distress foreshadows the capture of the Ark by the Philistines (<a href="/1_samuel/4-11.htm">1 Samuel 4:11</a>) and the subsequent desolation of Shiloh. The distress also symbolizes the spiritual decline of Israel during this period, highlighting the need for faithful leadership. This serves as a reminder of the holiness required in God's service and the consequences of failing to uphold it.<p><b>Despite all that is good in Israel,</b><br>This phrase acknowledges the blessings and favor that Israel experienced, such as victories over enemies and the presence of God among them. It contrasts the general prosperity and divine favor with the specific judgment on Eli's family. This juxtaposition emphasizes that God's blessings on a nation do not exempt individuals or families from accountability. It also reflects the broader biblical theme that God's covenant promises to Israel are not nullified by individual failures, but personal and familial faithfulness is still required.<p><b>no one in your house will ever again reach old age.</b><br>This part of the prophecy indicates a specific curse on Eli's lineage, where premature death would be a sign of divine judgment. Historically, this was fulfilled as Eli's descendants faced untimely deaths, as seen in the deaths of Hophni and Phinehas (<a href="/1_samuel/4-11.htm">1 Samuel 4:11</a>) and later events involving Eli's family. This curse underscores the seriousness of Eli's failure to restrain his sons and the resulting dishonor to God's name. It serves as a warning about the long-term consequences of sin and the importance of righteous leadership. This also prefigures the need for a perfect priest, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who intercedes eternally and perfectly for His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eli.htm">Eli</a></b><br>The high priest of Israel during the time of Samuel's birth. His family is the subject of God's judgment due to the sins of his sons, Hophni and Phinehas.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/hophni_and_phinehas.htm">Hophni and Phinehas</a></b><br>Eli's sons, who were priests but acted wickedly, showing contempt for the Lord's offerings and engaging in immoral behavior.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/shiloh.htm">Shiloh</a></b><br>The location of the tabernacle where Eli served as priest. It was the religious center of Israel before the temple was built in Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a></b><br>A young boy dedicated to the Lord by his mother, Hannah, who would later become a prophet and judge over Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_eli.htm">The House of Eli</a></b><br>Refers to Eli's family line, which was under God's judgment due to their unfaithfulness and corruption.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The passage highlights the severe consequences of unrepentant sin, especially for those in spiritual leadership. It serves as a warning to maintain integrity and faithfulness to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God's judgment on Eli's house demonstrates His sovereignty and commitment to justice. He holds individuals accountable, especially those in positions of influence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a></b><br>The failure of Eli's sons underscores the need for godly leadership in the community of faith. Leaders are called to set an example and lead with righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_family_in_spiritual_formation.htm">The Role of the Family in Spiritual Formation</a></b><br>Eli's failure to discipline his sons serves as a reminder of the importance of spiritual guidance and discipline within the family.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_and_redemption.htm">Hope and Redemption</a></b><br>Despite the judgment on Eli's house, God raises up Samuel, showing that He can bring about renewal and hope even in times of distress.<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/how_likely_was_israel_to_follow_sheba.htm">In 2 Samuel 20:1, how likely is it that Israel would rapidly follow Sheba's revolt so soon after Absalom's rebellion?</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/israel's_fighting_men_count.htm">How many fighting men were in Israel? (2 Samuel 24:9 vs. 1 Chronicles 21:5)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_psalm_13's_distress.htm">Where is the historical or archaeological evidence that supports the specific distress described in Psalm 13?</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>(32) <span class= "bld">And thou shalt see an enemy.</span>--Some--<span class= "ital">e.g., </span>the Vulgate--understand by enemy a "rival": thou shalt see thy rival in the Temple. The words, however, point to something which Eli would live to see with grief and horror. The reference is no doubt to the capture of the Ark by the Philistines in the battle where his sons were slain. The earthly habitation of the Eternal was there robbed of its glory and pride, for the ark of the covenant was the heart of the sanctuary.<p><span class= "bld">In all the wealth which God shall give Israel.</span>--"The affliction of God's house from the loss of the ark remained while under the lead of Samuel there came blessing to the people."--<span class= "ital">Erdmann.</span><p>There is another explanation which refers the fulfilment of this part of the prophecy to the period of Solomon's reign, when Abiathar, of the house of Eli, was deposed from the High Priestly dignity to make room for Zadok, but the reference to the capture of the ark is by far more probable.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt see an enemy.</span> The translation of ver. 32 is very difficult, but is probably as follows: "And thou shalt behold, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> see with wonder and astonishment, narrowness of habitation in all the wealth which shall be given unto Israel." The word translated <span class="accented">narrowness</span> often means an "enemy," but as that for <span class="accented">habitation</span> is the most general term in the Hebrews language for a dwelling, being used even of the dens of wild beasts (<a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10</a>; <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Nahum 2:12</a>), the rendering an "enemy of dwelling" gives no sense. Hence the violent insertion of the pronoun <span class="accented">my</span>, for which no valid excuse can be given. But <span class="accented">narrowness of dwelling</span>, means distress, especially in a man's domestic relations, and this is the sense required. In the growing public and national prosperity which was to be Israel's lot under Samuel, Saul, David, and Solomon, Eli was to see, not in person, but prophetically, calamity attaching itself to his own family. His house was to decay in the midst of the progress of all the rest. Upon this denunciation of private distress naturally follows the repetition of the threat that the house of Ithamar should be left without an old man to guide its course onward to renewed prosperity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/2-32.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">You will see</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִבַּטְתָּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hib·baṭ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5027.htm">Strong's 5027: </a> </span><span class="str2">To scan, look intently at, to regard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">distress</span><br /><span class="heb">צַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(ṣar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> </span><span class="str2">Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[in My] dwelling place.</span><br /><span class="heb">מָע֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(mā·‘ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4583.htm">Strong's 4583: </a> </span><span class="str2">An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Despite all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכֹ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is good</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵיטִ֖יב</span> <span class="translit">(yê·ṭîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3190.htm">Strong's 3190: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be good, well, glad, or pleasing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no one</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">in your house</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵיתְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇê·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will ever again</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">reach</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">old age.</span><br /><span class="heb">זָקֵ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(zā·qên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Old</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/2-32.htm">1 Samuel 2:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/2-32.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 2:32 You shall see the affliction of my (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/2-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:33" /></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>