1 Samuel 2:17

sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.

men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.

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¹⁷ Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 2:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 2:17