 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 דפים
...made it the center, or foundation, whereon he hath framed and stablished the world. II. 12. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. The sons of Eli were lewd and wicked men, and did not acknowledge and regard the Lord ; but in their... | |
 | John Pring - 1837 - 508 דפים
...profane conduct of the sons of Eli before alluded to, naturally accounts for it in this manner : " The sons of Eli were sons of Belial ; THEY KNEW NOT THE LORD" (Sam. I. ii. 12) : no wonder therefore, that they should be sons of Belial, and do as they did. And... | |
 | John Wesley - 1840 - 564 דפים
...who have ministered in holy things for many ages. Two. or three thousand years ago, we read, " The sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord." But was this a sufficient reason for the Israelites to refrain from their administrations ? It is true,... | |
 | Thomas Mann - 1840 - 282 דפים
...the land ; because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. Hos. iv. 1. The sons of Eli were sons of Belial ; they knew not the Lord. 1 Samuel, ii. 22. They that know thy name will put their trust in thee ; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken... | |
 | Edward Bather - 1840 - 586 דפים
...godly woman. The history opens with a general account of these two young men's characters. " Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial ; they knew not the Lord." This does not mean that they had not so much as a notional or head knowledge of God and his law. They... | |
 | William Latta McCalla - 1841 - 202 דפים
...them guilty, and treated them as meritorious, to the manifest encouragement of corruption. "Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord." So say the church courts against these offenders. Eli said, "Nay, my sons; for it is no good report... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 דפים
...went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial ; they knew not the LORD. 13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 דפים
...earth ; * And he shall give strength unto his King, And exalt the horn of his Anointed. 4. Now the sons of Eli were sons of Be'lial ; they knew not the Lord. But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen eph'od. Moreover, his mother... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1844 - 410 דפים
...instance of the use of the last mentioned epithet is the following, from 1 Samuel, ii. 12. " Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial ; they knew not the Lord." Here the sons of Eli by natural lineage, are termed the sons of Belial, or the wicked one, in character... | |
 | Scotland Church of - 1845 - 768 דפים
...SONS OF ELI. BY THE REV. ANDREW R. BONAR, ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF CANOSGATE. 1 SAMUEL n. 12. " Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, they knew not the Lord." This may be regarded as the motto of a very instructive and mournful history, left to give warning... | |
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Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand... 
