1 Samuel 2:30

Contextual Overview

²⁷ And a man of God came to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when, in Egypt, they belonged to the house of Pharaoh? ²⁷ One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the Lord : "I revealed myself to your ancestors when they were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. ²⁷ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh’s house? ²⁷ A man of God came to Eli and said, "This is what the Lord says: ‘I clearly showed myself to the family of your ancestor Aaron when they were slaves to the king of Egypt. ²⁷ A man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not plainly reveal myself to your ancestor's house when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh? ²⁷ And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear to the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? ²⁷ There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house? ²⁷Then a man of God (prophet) came to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Did I not plainly reveal Myself to the house of your father (ancestor) when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house? ²⁷ And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the Lord , ‘Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh? ²⁷ Sotheli a man of God cam to Hely, and seide to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Whether Y was not schewid apertli to the hows of thi fadir, whanne he was in Egipt, in the hows of Farao?

Bible Verse Review
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I said: Exodus 28:43, Exodus 29:9, Numbers 25:11-13

Be it far: Numbers 35:34, *marg 2 Chronicles 15:2, Jeremiah 18:9, Jeremiah 18:10

them: Judges 9:10, Psalms 50:23, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Isaiah 29:13, Daniel 4:34, Malachi 1:6, John 5:23, John 8:49, John 13:31, John 13:32, John 17:4, John 17:5

I will honour: Psalms 18:20, Psalms 91:14, John 5:44, John 12:26, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Peter 1:7

that despise: Numbers 11:20, 2 Samuel 12:9, 2 Samuel 12:10, Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:19 - that the Genesis 22:18 - obeyed Genesis 39:22 - committed Genesis 39:23 - because Exodus 33:3 - for I Leviticus 10:3 - before Numbers 12:11 - I beseech thee Numbers 14:34 - breach of promise Numbers 25:13 - his seed Deuteronomy 25:9 - So shall Joshua 6:27 - his fame Judges 4:9 - notwithstanding 1 Samuel 2:36 - eat 1 Samuel 13:14 - But now 1 Samuel 15:23 - thou hast rejected 1 Samuel 15:26 - for thou 1 Samuel 18:30 - set by 1 Samuel 22:18 - fourscore 2 Samuel 6:22 - I be had 2 Samuel 23:17 - Be it far 1 Kings 2:27 - So Solomon 1 Kings 9:6 - if ye 1 Kings 11:11 - I will surely 1 Kings 14:10 - as a man taketh 2 Kings 5:27 - unto thy seed 2 Kings 12:6 - the priests 1 Chronicles 17:18 - the honour 2 Chronicles 24:16 - in the city 2 Chronicles 26:18 - neither shall it be 2 Chronicles 28:27 - they brought 2 Chronicles 32:33 - did him Nehemiah 13:29 - the covenant Esther 9:4 - his fame Job 34:24 - set Psalms 91:15 - honour Psalms 112:9 - horn Proverbs 3:35 - wise Proverbs 4:8 - General Proverbs 8:17 - I love Proverbs 27:18 - shall be Jeremiah 23:17 - that despise Jeremiah 29:32 - he shall Jeremiah 49:15 - General Lamentations 1:8 - all Ezekiel 17:14 - the kingdom Ezekiel 33:26 - and shall Ezekiel 44:12 - they ministered Daniel 3:30 - the king Daniel 4:36 - added Daniel 6:2 - of Hosea 4:7 - therefore Hosea 12:14 - and his Zechariah 6:14 - a memorial Zechariah 11:10 - that Malachi 2:3 - spread Matthew 5:19 - the least Matthew 6:4 - reward Matthew 7:26 - doeth Matthew 10:32 - him Matthew 11:11 - a greater Matthew 15:28 - great Matthew 26:13 - there Luke 12:8 - Whosoever Luke 19:17 - Well Luke 19:26 - and from John 12:43 - the praise of God Romans 2:10 - glory 1 Timothy 3:5 - if Titus 1:6 - having Hebrews 4:1 - a promise James 2:5 - the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith,.... This being the case, so much contempt cast upon his sacrifices, and dishonour on himself:

I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever; or minister in the priest's office before him: if the house of Aaron in general is meant, it did continue so to do, in one branch or another of it, as long as the Mosaic dispensation lasted, which is meant by the phrase "for ever"; but since it is afterwards denied that it should, rather the house of Ithamar, or of the immediate parent of Eli, is meant, and this said when the priesthood was translated from the family of Eleazar to the family of Ithamar; when, and on what account that was done, we nowhere read. It is a tradition f, that it was in the time of the Levite's concubine; and because Phinehas, and the other priests, did not go from city to city, and reprove the Israelites for the many sins they were fallen into, that the priesthood was taken away out of the family of Eleazar, and translated to that of Ithamar:

but now the Lord saith, be it far from me; to continue the priesthood in the line of Ithamar; which argues no change in the purposes or promises of God, this being not a decree of his, but a declaration of his will; that if the house of Ithamar behaved well in the discharge of the office of the high priest, it should continue with them to the end of the Mosaic dispensation, but if not, it should be taken from them, and restored to the family of Eleazar; as it was in Solomon's time:

for them that honour me I will honour; as Phinehas the son of Eleazar did at Shittim, where he showed his zeal for the Lord of hosts, and had the promise of the everlasting priesthood; and which continued in his family until the Babylonish captivity, excepting the interval in which it was in the family of Ithamar, and for what reason is not known:

and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed; as the posterity of Eli, whose sons despised the Lord, and his offerings, as appeared by their conduct; and these were killed in battle in one day, and in the times of Solomon, Abiathar, of the posterity of Eli, was thrust out of the priesthood, and Zadok, of the line of Eleazar, was put in his room, 1 Kings 2:27.

f Midrash Samuel, apud Jarch. & Kimch. in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be it far from me - The phrase so rendered is a favorite one in the Books of Samuel, where it occurs ten or eleven times. It is variously rendered in the King James Version, “God forbid,” and “Be it far from me, thee, etc.” Literally, “Be it an abomination to me.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:30. Should walk before me for ever — See Exodus 29:9; Exodus 40:15; Numbers 25:10-13, where it is positively promised that the priesthood should be continued in the family of Aaron FOR EVER. But although this promise appears to be absolute, yet we plainly see that, like all other apparently absolute promises of God, it is conditional, i.e., a condition is implied though not expressed.

But now - be it far from me — You have walked unworthily; I shall annul my promise, and reverse my ordinance. See Jeremiah 18:9-10.

For them that honour me — This is a plan from which God will never depart; this can have no alteration; every promise is made in reference to it; "they who honour God shall be honoured; they who despise him shall be lightly esteemed."