1 Samuel 2:12-22

Eli’s sons were wicked men;  they did not respect the LORD   or the priests’ share of the sacrifices from the people. When anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling and plunge it into the container, kettle, cauldron, or cooking pot.  The priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is the way they treated all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh. Even before the fat was burned,  the priest’s servant would come and say to the one who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you — only raw.” If that person said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you can take whatever you want for yourself,”  the servant would reply, “No, I insist that you hand it over right now. If you don’t, I’ll take it by force! ” So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the LORD, because the men treated the LORD’s offering with contempt.  Samuel served in the LORD’s presence   — this mere boy was dressed in the linen ephod.  Each year his mother made him a little robe  and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.  Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife:  “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she  has given to the LORD.”  Then they would go home. The LORD paid attention to Hannah’s need,  and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.  Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel  and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.