1 Samuel 2:16

And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
man	הָאִ֗ישׁ ha.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fail	קַטֵּ֨ר ka.Ter	H6999	to smoke · verb, piel infinitive construct
burn	יַקְטִיר֤וּן yak.ti.Run	H6999	to smoke · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
fat	הַחֵ֔לֶב ha.Che.lev	H2459	fat · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
presently	כַּיּוֹם֙ kai.yOm	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
take	וְקַ֨ח ve.Kach-	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
soul	נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ naf.She.kha	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
desireth	תְּאַוֶּ֖ה te.'a.Veh	H183	to wish for · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
answer	וְאָמַ֥ר ve.'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
give	תִתֵּ֔ן ti.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
take	לָקַ֥חְתִּי la.Kach.ti	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
force	בְחָזְקָֽה ve.cha.ze.Kah	H2394	vehemence (usually in a bad sense) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 7:23-25 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
Leviticus 3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.
1 Peter 5:2-3 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a rea…
Judges 18:25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with t…
Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels…
Micah 2:1-2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of…
Micah 3:5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not int…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:11-26

In these verses we have the good character and posture of Elkanah's family, and the bad character and posture of Eli's family. The account of these two is observably interwoven throughout this whole paragraph, as if the historian intended to set the one over against the other, that they might set off one another. The devotion and good order of Elkanah's family aggravated the iniquity of Eli's house; while the wickedness of Eli's sons made Samuel's early piety appear the more bright and illustrious. I. Let us see how well things went in Elkanah's family and how much better than formerly. 1. Eli dismissed them from the house of the Lord, when they had entered their little son there, with a ble…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 2:13

the priests' custom with the people--When persons wished to present a sacrifice of peace offering on the altar, the offering was brought in the first instance to the priest, and as the Lord's part was burnt, the parts appropriated respectively to the priests and offerers were to be sodden. But Eli's sons, unsatisfied with the breast and shoulder, which were the perquisites appointed to them by the divine law (Exo 29:27; Lev 7:31-32), not only claimed part of the offerer's share, but rapaciously seized them previous to the sacred ceremony of heaving or waving (see on Lev 7:29); and moreover they committed the additional injustice of taking up with their fork those portions which they preferre…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 2:15

Before they burnt the fat - They would serve themselves before God was served! This was iniquity and arrogance of the first magnitude. He will not have sodden flesh - He chooses roast meat, not boiled; and if they had it in the pot before the servant came, he took it out that it might be roasted.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 2:16

And if any man said unto him, let them not fail to burn the fat presently,.... Or stay till they have offered the fat, as the Targum; let that be done in the first place, which may be quickly done, in a very little time, and let as much haste be made as can be to do it: and then take as much as thy soul desireth; by which it appears that the men that brought the sacrifice had more religion at heart, and were more concerned for the honour and glory of God than the priest; being willing to suffer in their property, but could not bear that the Lord should be dishonoured, and so rudely treated: they were willing the priests should take what they pleased of theirs, though they had no right to an…

The Church Fathers

7. Indeed, he who promises him cooked meat at his pleasure strives to turn away the one demanding raw meat from a bestial appetite. As if the holy Church were giving an answer to the badly hungering Jews, and in place of the simple humanity which they desire to devour through craving, were promising back the food of divinity, saying: First allow to be cooked what you may have as understanding in the Holy Spirit for the refreshment of life. Did not the priest's servant then seek raw meat, when it was said to the one who had been born blind and was enlightened by the Lord: "Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner" (John 9:24)? What is it to say, "Give glory to God," except: do not attribute the praises of your healing to this man, because he is not God? And he who is declared a sinner is not only denied to be God, but even a righteous man. To him indeed the blind man refused to offer the raw meat that was sought, and offered cooked instead, because by firmly declaring him the author of his salvation, from the displayed sign of such great wonder, he showed him to be not only a holy man, but true God. But the people, who had begun to follow beasts, having lost reason, importunately demanded that raw meat be served to them. For it follows: (Verse 16.) "You will give it now, otherwise I will take it from you by force." ...
— Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 2, Chapter 2

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Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Hannah — Favour, grace, one of the wives of Elkanah the Levite, and the mother of Samuel (1 Sam. 1; 2). Her home was at Ramathaim-zophim, whence she was wont every year to go to Shiloh, where the tabernacle…
Hophni — Pugilist or client, one of the two sons of Eli, the high priest (1 Sam. 1:3; 2:34), who, because he was “very old,” resigned to them the active duties of his office. By their scandalous conduct they…
Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Samuel — Heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly…
Songs — Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon…
Fat · Offered in sacrifice — Offered in sacrifice
Gluttony · . — .
Hophni · Sin of — Sin of
Judge · .Eli’s — .Eli’s
Offence · Exemplified: Sons of Eli — Exemplified: Sons of Eli
Priests · Were sometimes: Greedy

1 Samuel 2:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:11-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 2:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 2:15

John Gill on 1 Samuel 2:16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 2:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:11-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 2:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 2:15

John Gill on 1 Samuel 2:16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 2:11-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 2:15

Rashi on 1 Samuel 2:14