1 Samuel 3:13

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And Yahweh said to Samuel, Look, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle. ¹¹ Then the Lord said to Samuel, "I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. ¹¹ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. ¹¹ The Lord said to Samuel, "Watch, I am going to do something in Israel that will shock those who hear about it. ¹¹ The Lord said to Samuel, "Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle. ¹¹ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. ¹¹ Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle. ¹¹The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will ring. ¹¹ Then the Lord said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. ¹¹ And the Lord seide to Samuel, Lo! Y make a word in Israel, which word who euer schal here, bothe hise eeris schulen rynge.

Bible Verse Review
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For I have told him: or, And I will tell him, etc. 1 Samuel 2:27-30, 1 Samuel 2:31-36

I will: 2 Chronicles 20:12, Ezekiel 7:3, Ezekiel 18:30, Joel 3:12

which he knoweth: 1 Kings 2:44, Ecclesiastes 7:22, 1 John 3:20

his sons: 1 Samuel 2:12, 1 Samuel 2:17, 1 Samuel 2:22, 1 Samuel 2:23-26

vile: or, accursed

restrained them not: Heb. frowned not upon them, 1 Samuel 2:23-25, 1 Kings 1:6, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 23:13, Proverbs 23:14, Proverbs 29:15, Matthew 10:37

Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:4 - and kill Leviticus 21:9 - the daughter Judges 18:7 - magistrate 1 Samuel 1:3 - And the 1 Samuel 4:18 - his neck 1 Samuel 9:17 - reign over 1 Samuel 12:2 - my sons 2 Chronicles 14:4 - commanded Psalms 109:13 - Let his Proverbs 24:25 - them Daniel 11:21 - a vile person Nahum 1:14 - for 1 Timothy 3:5 - if Titus 1:6 - having Hebrews 12:7 - for what

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die:

Genesis 3:4
But the snake said to the woman, "You will not die.

Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die,

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,

Genesis 3:4
But the serpent said to the woman, "You certainly will not die!

Genesis 3:4
Forsothe the serpent seide to the womman, ye schulen not die bi deeth;

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die,

Genesis 3:4
"You will not surely die," the serpent told her.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever,.... That is, bring his judgments upon them, which should continue on them to their utter destruction; this, as to the substance, he said before by the man of God:

for the iniquity which he knoweth; for the iniquity of his sons, which he thoroughly informed of, and fully acquainted with by others; and somewhat of which he must have been sensible of, and seen with his own eyes, and therefore was inexcusable:

because his sons made themselves vile; mean and contemptible in the sight of men, abhorred and accursed in the sight of God, by taking the flesh of the sacrifices of the people, which did not belong to them, who came to sacrifice, and by debauching the women that came to the door of the tabernacle for religious service. It is said this clause was originally written, "because his sons made light of me"; or cursed the Lord, and is one of the eighteen places called the correction of the Scribes, who corrected it as we have it; and it may be observed, the Septuagint version is, "because his sons spake ill of God"; or cursed him; however, this they did, they preferred their lusts, and the indulging of them, to the honour and glory of God: this Eli knew,

and he restrained them not; from their evil practices; he did not make use of his authority, neither as a father, and especially not as high priest, and the judge of Israel, who ought not only to have sharply reproved them, which he did not, but to have censured or punished them, and turned them out of their office: "or did not frown upon them" t, as in the margin of our Bibles; he did not knit his brows, or wrinkle up his face, and by his countenance show his displeasure at their proceedings, but in an easy, smooth, gentle manner, expostulated with them about them.

t ולא כחה בהם "et non contraxit frontem", Osiander; "non contraxit rugas", Belg. De Dieu.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Made themselves vile - Rather, “have cursed themselves,” i. e. brought curses upon themselves.

He restrained them not - In the sense of punishing. He did not remove them from their office, which he ought to have done.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 3:13. I will judge his house for ever — I will continue to execute judgments upon it till it is destroyed.

His sons made themselves vile — See 1 Samuel 2:12-17; 1 Samuel 2:22-25.

He restrained them not. — He did not use his parental and juridical authority to curb them, and prevent the disorders which they committed. See at the conclusion of the chapter (1 Samuel 3:21 [note]).