1 Samuel 2:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. ”

1 Samuel 2:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eli Remonstrates with his Sons. 1 Samuel 2:22 . and. how that. meeting: should probably be omitted with LXX ( cf. Exodus 38:8 ). tent of meeting: see Exodus 33:7 . 1 Samuel 2:24 . that I...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Why... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. evil. Hebrew. ra`a`. App-44. by . from.
1 Samuel 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. Why do ye such things! - Eli appears to have been a fondly affectionate, easy father, who wished his...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 2:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hannah's Song of Thanksgiving. The Sin of Eli's Sons 1-10. The Song of Hannah. This beautiful poem has been well called the 'Magnificat of the Old Testament.' The song of the Virgin Mary ( Luke 1...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-36) The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary — The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli — The Doom of the House of Ithamar.
1 Samuel 2:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IV. ELI'S HOUSE. 1 Samuel 2:11-36 . THE notices of little Samuel, that alternate in this passage with the sad accounts of Eli and his house, are like the green spots that vary the dull...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Dishonoring God 1 Samuel 2:22-36 Eli was held responsible for the excesses of his sons. He was a mild and gentle old man. But there are times when mildness and gentleness are out...
1 Samuel 2:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have the record of the song of triumph sung by Hannah, in which she set forth the might and justice of Jehovah. Thus, in the dark and troublous times, Jehovah is seen acting toward deliverance, by...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. (23) And he said unto the...
1 Samuel 2:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND ON THAT’ ‘Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.… And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.’ 1 S...
1 Samuel 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto them, why do ye such things ?.... As to impose upon the people that bring their offerings, by taking more than is due, and in a very indecent and imperious manner; and especially to...
1 Samuel 2:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. Ver. 23. And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? ] This was to reprove them, Lenitate pa...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he said, Why do ye do such things? He reproved them, but far too gently, as these and the following words manifest. This might proceed partly from the coldness of old age, but it arose chiefl...
1 Samuel 2:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The rejoicing prayer of Hannah is now uttered AFTER she has given up her child. The prayer of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, reminds us of this one, though hers was spoken before he child was bo...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samuel in the Sanctuary; The Wickedness of Eli's Sons. B. C. 1130. 11 And Elkanah went...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Such things, as those above mentioned, 1 Samuel 2:13,22 . Eli's sin in this matter was not only that he reproved them too gently, and generally, and sparingly; but especially that he contented h...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Eli's Sons Become Worse And Worse Until They Have ‘Sinned Unto Death' ( 1 Samuel 2:22-25 ). While Samuel was growing and developing, Eli's sons were shrivelling and disintegrating. By this time El...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:18 . “But.” The Levite-child is contrasted with the grown-up priest” (Wordsworth) . “Ephod.” “It does not appear whether the Levites wore the ephod...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1-4 (with Judges 21:16-25 ) I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant,...
1 Samuel 2:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 2:1 . Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth. This song is much admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, an...
1 Samuel 2:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nay, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear. Weakness is wickedness It does not often occur to us what shame and guilt belong to mortal vacillation and weakness. Too often a man’s weakne...
1 Samuel 2:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SAMUEL 'S MINISTRATIONS AT SHILOH ( 1 Samuel 2:11-9 ). 1 Samuel 2:11 The child did minister. Left by his parents at Shiloh, Samuel ministered unto the Lord; that is, ce...
1 Samuel 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophecy Against Eli
1 Samuel 2:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 1:6 ; Acts 14:15 ; Acts 9:4 ; Isaiah 3:9 ; Jeremiah 3:3 ; Jeremiah 8:12 ; Philippians 3:19
1 Samuel 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He said, &c. — Eli's sin was not only that he reproved them too gently, but that he contented himself with a verbal rebuke, and did not restrain them, and inflict those punishments upon them wh...

1 Samuel 2:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 2:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 2:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 2:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 2:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 2:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 2:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes