The offering of the Lord - Minchah, here in the general sense of “gift or offering” to God (Malachi 3:3). In its restricted sens…

The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary—The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli—The Doom of the House of Ithamar.

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

It is horrible when t…

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the
Lord
That is, the sons o…

Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did t…