📖WEB · 1 Samuel 2:26
What does 1 Samuel 2:26 mean?
"The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men."
— 1 Samuel 2:26 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He said to them, “Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.
If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.
A man of God came to Eli, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?
Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’
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