Listen, the time is coming when I will kill all the young men in your family and your clan, so that no man in your family will live to be old.
The king made Benaiah commander of the army in Joab's place and put Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.
You not only refused to help widows, but you also robbed and mistreated orphans.
because the Lord will take away the strength of the wicked, but protect those who are good.
The Lord said to me, “I am punishing those Levites who, together with the rest of the people of Israel, deserted me and worshiped idols.
(The priest carrying the ephod was Ahijah, the son of Ichabod's brother Ahitub, who was the son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh.) The men did not know that Jonathan had left.
On that day I will carry out all my threats against Eli's family, from beginning to end.
The Philistines attacked, and after fierce fighting they defeated the Israelites and killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.