1 SAMUEL 2:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?”
Why then do you scorn my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling place? And why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?—the double accusation: (1) *balal* (you scorn) my sacrifices, (2) *atkarta et-baneycha mimeni* (you honor your sons more than me). The verb *bahal*, to regard highly, is inverted—Eli's love for his sons exceeds his fear of the LORD.
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