Thematic Bible: A judge and high priest


Thematic Bible



Now Eli was very old when he heard about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to have sex with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Verse ConceptsAdultery, Examples OfShameTent Of MeetingExtra Marital Sex ExamplesThey Committed Immorality

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesVisionDimness Of VisionAge At Death

On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair by the doorpost of the Lord's temple.) Verse ConceptsDoorpostsHigh Priest, In OtPeople Sitting DownThe Temple At Shilohfinishing

Once the bull had been slaughtered, they brought the boy to Eli. Verse ConceptsKilling Domesticated Animals

Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest. Verse ConceptsIndividuals going home

Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli's supervision. Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent. Verse ConceptsSpiritual Famine,Speech, DivineVisionsWord Of GodDecadenceNo VisionsReceiving God's Wordministering

Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtDeposed Priests

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