chapter ii

. 11.) And God gave them pastors after their own hearts: such were those sons of _Eli, sons of Belial, who knew not the Lord_, (1 Samuel ii. 12.) rapacious, covetous, violent men, (verses 14, 15, 16.) by reason of whom _men abhorred the offering of the Lord_, (verse 17.) who not only _made themselves vile_, ( chapter iii . 13.) but also _made the Lord’s people to transgress_, (