1 Samuel 2:36 (WEB)
It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”
Fathers and councils · 3
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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Cyprian of Carthage
“And it shall be, whosoever shall remain in thine house, shall come to worship for an obolus of money, and for one loaf of bread.”” — editor's note: 1 Sam. ii. 35, 36.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.18.