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 2:24

2:24 This ought not to be, 2  my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good.

1 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say 3  that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve 4  me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! 5  For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

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

2 tn Heb “no.”

3 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

4 tn Heb “walk about before.”

5 tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”