1 Samuel 2:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I said — Where, or when did God say this? To Eli himself, or to his father, when the priesthood was translated from Eleazar's to Ithamar's family. Walk — That is, minister unto me as high — priest. Walking is often put for discharging ones office; before me; may signify that he was the high — priest, whose sole prerogative it was to minister before God, or before the ark, in the most holy place. For ever — As long as the Mosaical law and worship lasts. Far from me — To fulfil my promise, which I hereby retract.