NET Bible
"Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. Eli’s Sons Misuse Their Sacred OfficeThe boy was serving the LORD with the favor of Eli the priest."
— 1 Samuel 2:11, NET Bible
“And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.”
“And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest. ”
“Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.”
“And Elcana went to Ramatha, to his house: but the child ministered in the sight of the Lord before the face of Heli the priest.”
“Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.”
“And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.”
He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes– he bestows on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD– he placed the world on them.
He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
The LORD shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The LORD executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one.”
Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. Eli’s Sons Misuse Their Sacred OfficeThe boy was serving the LORD with the favor of Eli the priest.
But the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not acknowledge the LORD’s authority.
This was the priests’ routine with the people. Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand, just as the meat was boiling.
He would jab it into the basin, kettle, cauldron, or pot. Everything that the fork would bring up the priest would take for himself. This is how they used to treat all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.