1 Samuel 2:17

2:17 The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they ¹  treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

1 Samuel 15:23

15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

he has rejected you as ²  king.”

[2:17]  ¹ tc Heb “the men,” which is absent from one medieval Hebrew ms, a Qumran ms, and the LXX.

[15:23]  ² tn Or “from [being].”