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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 2:29 - Strong Concordance

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1Sa 2:29 Strong Concordance Wherefore kick [01163] ye at my sacrifice [02077] and at mine offering [04503], which I have commanded [06680] in my habitation [04583]; and honourest [03513] thy sons [01121] above me, to make yourselves fat [01254] with the chiefest [07225] of all the offerings [04503] of Israel [03478] my people [05971]?
  King James Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Wherefore kick ye - See the marginal reference. The well-fed beast becomes unmanageable and refractory, and refuses the yoke, and bursts the bonds Jer 5:5. So the priests, instead of being grateful for the provision made for them, in their pampered pride became dissatisfied, wantonly broke the laws of God which regulated their share of the offerings, and gave themselves up to an unbridled indulgence of their passions and their covetousness.

Honourest thy sons above me - What restrained Eli from taking vigorous action to vindicate God's honor, was his unwillingness to lose for his sons the lucrative office of the priesthood. He was willing to rebuke them, he was grieved at their misdeeds, but he was not willing to give up the wealth and plenty which flowed into his house from the offerings of Israel.
 
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5 I will get [03212] me unto the great men [01419], and will speak [01696] unto them; for they have known [03045] the way [01870] of the LORD [03068], and the judgment [04941] of their God [0430]: but these have altogether [03162] broken [07665] the yoke [05923], and burst [05423] the bonds [04147].
13 And the priests [03548]' custom [04941] with the people [05971] was, that, when any man [0376] offered [02076] sacrifice [02077], the priest's [03548] servant [05288] came [0935], while the flesh [01320] was in seething [01310], with a fleshhook [04207] of three [07969] teeth [08127] in his hand [03027];
14 And he struck [05221] it into the pan [03595], or kettle [01731], or caldron [07037], or pot [06517]; all that the fleshhook [04207] brought up [05927] the priest [03548] took [03947] for himself. So they did [06213] in Shiloh [07887] unto all the Israelites [03478] that came [0935] thither.
15 Also before they burnt [06999] the fat [02459], the priest's [03548] servant [05288] came [0935], and said [0559] to the man [0376] that sacrificed [02076], Give [05414] flesh [01320] to roast [06740] for the priest [03548]; for he will not have [03947] sodden [01310] flesh [01320] of thee, but raw [02416].
16 And if any man [0376] said [0559] unto him, Let them not fail [06999] to burn [06999] the fat [02459] presently [03117], and then take [03947] as much as thy soul [05315] desireth [0183]; then he would answer [0559] him, Nay; but thou shalt give [05414] it me now: and if not, I will take [03947] it by force [02394].