the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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1 Samuel 2:22
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Now: 1 Samuel 8:1
did unto: 1 Samuel 2:13-17, Jeremiah 7:9, Jeremiah 7:10, Ezekiel 22:26, Hosea 4:9-11
women: It is probable that these were persons who had some employment about the tabernacle - see note on Exodus 38:8.
assembled: assembled by troops, Exodus 38:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:2 - evil report 1 Samuel 2:24 - ye make 1 Samuel 3:2 - his eyes 1 Samuel 3:13 - his sons 1 Samuel 4:4 - Hophni 1 Samuel 12:2 - my sons 2 Samuel 13:21 - he was very wroth Ezra 10:18 - the sons Zephaniah 3:4 - her priests Matthew 18:7 - unto Luke 1:25 - hath Titus 1:6 - having
Cross-References
And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.
The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.
Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed.
And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now Eli was very old,.... It is very probable he was now about ninety years of age, since when he died he was ninety eight, 1 Samuel 4:15 which is observed to show his incapacity for the discharge of his office, and inspection into public affairs; which gave his sons opportunity of acting the wicked part they did without reproof, and with impunity, Eli knowing nothing of it; and accounts in some measure for the gentle reproof he gave them, when he did know of it; for being old, he was not so full of spirit and vigour, and more given to tenderness and mercy; besides, his sons were grown up and married, and he had less authority over them; though he ought to have considered himself not as a father only, but as an high priest and judge of Israel, and performed his office as such; however, it must be a great affliction to him in his old age, and added to the weight of it, that his sons should behave so unworthily as they did:
and heard all that his sons had done unto Israel; who, besides what was by the law allowed them, took flesh out of the pot as it was boiling, and demanded raw flesh to roast before the fat was offered to the Lord; and in this manner they used all, without distinction, that came with their sacrifices:
and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; not that they lay with them at the door in a public beastly manner; but the women that came thither they decoyed into their own apartments, or into some of the courts of the tabernacle, and there debauched them: who these women were, and what their business at the tabernacle, is not easy to say; some think they came about business which belonged to women to do there, as to wash and clean the rooms, to sew and spin, and the like; but one would think that these latter works should be done, not at the door of the tabernacle, but in some apartment in it, or rather at their own houses, for the use of it: the Targum is, that they there assembled to pray, which is more likely, and that they were devout women; who came there in large numbers, for the word used has the signification of armies; to perform religious exercises in fasting, and praying, and bringing sacrifices to be offered for them; though they do not seem to be such, as was Anna the prophetess, Luke 2:37 who made their abode in the tabernacle, and served God night and day with fastings and prayers, since these were only at the door of the tabernacle; nor were there in the tabernacle conveniences for such persons, as afterwards in the temple. The Jews, for the most part, by these understand new mothers, who came with their offerings for purification, attended with many other women, their relations, friends, and neighbours, and which especially, when several met together on such an occasion, made a crowd at the door of the tabernacle; and some are of opinion that these men did not lie with them, or debauch them, according to the literal sense of the word; but that they delayed the offering of their nests of doves they brought, so that they were forced to stay all night, and could not return home; and because by this means they were restrained from their husbands, it is reckoned as if these men had lain with them t; and which they think is confirmed, in that the man of God sent to Eli, after mentioned, takes no notice of this lewdness of theirs, only of their ill behaviour as to sacrifices, but the text is so express for their debauchery, that it cannot be denied.
t T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 55. 2. Ben Gersom & Abarbinel in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Women that assembled - Or, “Served.” See the marginal reference and note. Probably such service as consisted in doing certain work for the fabric of the tabernacle as women are accustomed to do, spinning, knitting, embroidering, mending, washing, and such like.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 2:22. They lay with the women that assembled — It is probable that these were persons who had some employment about the tabernacle. Exodus 38:8, where the Hebrew text is similar to that in this place.
