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The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:23-24

1 Samuel 2:23-24Nay, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear.Weakness is wickednessIt does not often occur to us what shame and guilt belong to mortal vacillation and weakness. Too often a man’s weakness is accepted as a sufficient excuse for his sin. Outbursts of evil passion are excused because a man has a passionate nature. Vacillation is condoned, because a man by nature is pliant and indecisive. Inconsiderateness is held to be blameless, because a man is impulsive by natural... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:25

1 Samuel 2:25If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him.The sinner’s friendEven had we no revelation on the subject, a future judgment would be inferred by us from reason; for we should be led by analogy to conclude, that, as when “one man sinned against another the judge judged him” and awarded his punishment, so God would certainly enter into judgment with those who sinned against Him. We are taught it in God’s dealings both with individuals and nations; we are told it in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:26

1 Samuel 2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. Child growthOne of the most beautiful things that God has made in the world is growth, and the world is full of it. God did not make a great Samuel at once, but a little child Samuel, who grew before Him. I will speak of four thoughts as included in growing before the Lord.I. Samuel grew at the Lord’s house. At this time there was no temple. There was no tabernacle, with the court round about,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:27

1 Samuel 2:27And there came a man of God unto Eli.Eli’s two messengersThat was a terrible speech to make to an old man whose life was all behind him, who was now tottering on the last edge! Ministers of God are required to come up to this point of faithfulness, now and again; to have to say these words, terrible as lightning at midnight, right to an old man, when nobody else is there to hear--to thunder to one man--to shake the universe round one poor old man! It is nothing to preach to a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:30

1 Samuel 2:30For them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.The reward of honouring GodThe words are in the strictest sense the word of God, uttered immediately by God Himself; and may thence command from us an especial attention and regard.I. The reward may be considered either absolutely, as what it is in itself; or relatively, as to its rise and whence it comes.1. For itself, it is honour; a thing, if valued according to the rate it bears in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:31-34

1 Samuel 2:31-34I will cut off thine arm. Judgment upon a false priesthood“As a priest or interpreter of the holy is the noblest and highest of all men, so is a sham priest the falsest and basest; neither is it doubtful that his canonicals, were they the Pope’s tiaras, will be torn from him one day to make bandages for the wounds of mankind, or even to burn into tinder for honest scientific or culinary purposes.” (T. Carlyle.) read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:33

1 Samuel 2:33In the flower of their age. Premature death consequent upon, parental neglectNow it is too evident to require proof, that the sin, of which Eli was guilty, naturally tends to produce the consequence which is here threatened as a punishment. When youth are permitted to make themselves vile, without restraint, they almost inevitably fall into courses which tend to undermine their constitutions, and shorten their days. It is, indeed, a well known fact that, in populous towns,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:35

1 Samuel 2:35And I will raise me up a faithful priest.Rejection and electionI. The principle of Divine rejection is always the same.1. There is nothing arbitrary in God’s dealings with men.(1) They seem so to us--(2) Only because we are ignorant of many of the facts with which He is acquainted.(3) If we know the whole, we should see how entirely all His doings are referable to His eternal love and wisdom.(4) We must never therefore justify God’s dealings by mere appeals to His power, to His... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:12

1Sa 2:12 Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. Ver. 12. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial. ] So were Jehoshuah the high priest’s sons. Ezr 10:18 Heroum filii noxae! Their parents, much employed about other things, are oft not so careful of well-breeding their children; and besides, they are apt to abuse their father’s authority and power to a licentious practice. Eli brought up his sons to bring down his house. He might fitly have called them, as Augustus... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:13

1Sa 2:13 And the priests’ custom with the people [was, that], when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; Ver. 13. And the priest’s custom with the people was.] It was their custom, but not their right. Plus valet malum inolitum quam bonum insolitum. Here these priests are accused of sundry foul crimes, as ignorance, theft, sacrilege, luxury, adultery, obstinacy. A wicked priest is the worst creature... read more

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