Verse Lens · Context pointer
1 Samuel 2:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
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Role in This Section
Shows the fork seizing whatever it lifts from Israelite worshipers at Shiloh.
Read It With
- 1 Samuel 2:11–2:17
1 Samuel 2:11–2:17 supplies the necessary frame for verse 2:14. Here the narrator shows the fork seizing whatever it lifts from Israelite worshipers at Shiloh, within this larger movement: Samuel serves at Shiloh while Hophni and Phinehas seize sacrificial meat before the prescribed portion and threaten worshipers with force, causing people to despise the offering.
Why It Needs Context
In this context pointer, the verse shows the fork seizing whatever it lifts from Israelite worshipers at Shiloh. Read the surrounding 1 Samuel 2:11–2:17 before assigning independent meaning or application.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Samuel 2:11–2:17 — Eli's sons exploit worshipers and offeringsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: 1 Samuel 2:11–2:17, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology, with the two KJV-Hebrew versification shifts stated rather than silently offset.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Sam.xml, OSIS 2:11–2:17; KJV 20:42 spans Hebrew 20:42–21:1, KJV 21:1–15 maps to Hebrew 21:2–16, KJV 23:29 maps to Hebrew 24:1, and KJV 24:1–22 maps to Hebrew 24:2–23
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