1 Samuel 2:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ ·The Lord saw that [In the Lord’s sight] the sin of the servants was very ·great [serious] because they ·did not show respect for [treated with contempt; despised] the offerings ·made to [^Lof] the Lord.

Samuel Grows Up

¹⁸ But Samuel ·obeyed [^Lserved; ministered before] the Lord. As a boy he wore a linen ·holy vest [ephod; ^Ca special garment worn only by priests; Ex. 28:6–14]. ¹⁹ Every year his mother made a little ·coat [robe] for him and took it to him when she went with her husband to Shiloh [1:3] for the [annual] sacrifice.