1 Samuel 2:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar ... - i:e., those of your descendants who shall be permitted to perform official duties in the sanctuary will be so degraded and miserable that you would be overwhelmed with grief were you to be a living witness of their distress (cf. Jeremiah 31:13).

And all the increase of thine house (i:e., all thy children) shall die in the flower of their age, х 'ªnaashiym (H376), men] - say about thirty, the legal age for admission into the full discharge of the priestly functions (Numbers 4:3).

1 Samuel 2:33

33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.