1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 2:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord.
Douay-Rheims

וַתְּהִ֨י חַטַּ֧את הַנְּעָרִ֛ים גְּדוֹלָ֥ה מְאֹ֖ד אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י נִֽאֲצוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֵ֖ת מִנְחַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Ephraem the Syrian

4th centuryChurch Father

They caused offense and enticed many by profaning the holy offerings; not only did they dissuade individuals from making sacrifices, but the shocking acts committed by the sons of Elijah also led some to contemplate forsaking their faith.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Mal 2:7For the lips of the priests shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts.
Mal 2:9Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.
Mal 2:13And this again have you done, you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and bellowing, so that I have no more a regard to sacrifice, neither do I accept any atonement at your hands.
Gen 13:13And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure.
Gen 6:11And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.
Gen 10:9And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.
Ps 51 (50):4
Isa 3:8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue, and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty.