1 Samuel 2:33

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665 · Ashmolean Museum, Oxford · Public domainGerbrand van den Eeckhout, The Infant Samuel Brought by Hannah to Eli, 1665, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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1 Samuel 2:33 (WEB)
The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.

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Jerome

Jerome, Letters Letter 107
“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

Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.5Book XVII
“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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PassageLetters Letter 107
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