09:002:011 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house.  And the child did
           minister unto the lord before Eli the priest.

09:002:012 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the
           lord.

09:002:013 And the priest’s custom with the people was, that, when any
           man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the
           flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his
           hand;

09:002:014 And 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.

09:002:015 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and
           said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the
           priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

09:002:016 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the
           fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth;
           then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: 
           and if not, I will take it by force.

09:002:017 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the
           lord:  for men abhorred the offering of the lord.

09:002:018 But Samuel ministered before the lord, being a child, girded
           with a linen ephod.

09:002:019 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to
           him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to
           offer the yearly sacrifice.

09:002:020 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The lord give
           thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the
           lord.  And they went unto their own home.

09:002:021 And the lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare
           three sons and two daughters.  And the child Samuel grew before
           the lord.

09:002:022 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all
           Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the
           door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

09:002:023 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of
           your evil dealings by all this people.

09:002:024 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear:  ye make
           the LORD’s people to transgress.

09:002:025 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him:  but
           if a man sin against the lord, who shall intreat for him? 
           Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their
           father, because the lord would slay them.