1 Samuel 3:11-14
“And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.”
King James Version · the opening — all 4 verses are below
God's judgment on Eli's priestly line declared in advance, fulfilled when Eli's sons died and the priesthood passed from his house.
Read the whole passage — all 4 verses (KJV)
3:11And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
3:12In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
3:13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
3:14And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
Fulfillment References
1 Samuel 4:17-18 1 Kings 2:27
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