Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:11-26
SAMUEL’S YOUTHFUL MINISTRY THE WICKEDNESS OF ELI’S SONS, 1 Samuel 2:11-26. Observe in the following account how the piety of Samuel and the wickedness of Eli’s sons are mentioned in immediate connexion with each other, as if to call attention to the contrast, and to show how the saintliness of the one and the worthlessness of the others were developed in the midst of holy ministrations. To the one the sacred services were a savour of life unto life, to the others of death unto death. Hophni and... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 2:22
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.Very old — And therefore unfit either to manage his office himself, or to make a diligent inspection into the carriage of his sons, which gave them opportunity for their wickedness.To Israel — Whom they injured in their offerings, and alienated from the service of God.The door — The place where all the people both men and women... read more