1 Samuel 2:29

2:29

scorning ... sacrifice <01163 02077> [kick ye.]

offering ............................... offerings <04503> [and at mine.]

They disdained to take the part allowed by the law; and would take for themselves what part they pleased, and as much as they pleased.

dwelling place <04583> [habitation.]

honored <03513> [and honourest.]

By permitting his sons to deal thus with the sacrifices, and to be served first, by taking their part before the fat, etc., was burnt to the Lord, Eli thus honoured his sons above God.

made yourselves fat <01254> [make.]

1 Samuel 2:32

2:32

trouble <06862> [an enemy, etc.]

Or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel. This appears to be the right translation; for, agreeably to this prediction, he did see the tabernacle deprived of the ark, which was its glory, and lived to hear that it was captured by the Philistines.

old man <02205> [an old man.]

1 Samuel 23:24

23:24

desert <04057> [the wilderness.]

Maon, from which the adjoining mountainous district derived its name, was city in the most southern parts of the tribe of Judah, and a neighbouring town to Carmel. Hence Nabal (ch. 25:2) is described as a man of Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and though he might dwell generally in Maon, yet he is styled Nabal the Carmelite, from the place where his estate lay. Calmet supposes it to be the city Mino‹s, which Eusebius places in the vicinity of Gaza; and the Moenoemi Castrum, which the Theodosian code places near Beersheba.

Maon <04584> [Maon.]

south <03225> [the south.]