1 Samuel 2:31 (WEB)
Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“We read of Eli the priest that he became displeasing to God on account of the sins of his children; and we are told that a man may not be made a bishop if his sons are loose and disorderly.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 27–36.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And it shall come to pass that he who is left in thine house shall come to worship him with a piece of money, saying, Put me into one part of thy priesthood, that I may eat bread.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 27–36.
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