For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
All Commentaries on 1 Samuel 3:13 Go To 1 Samuel 3
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Wickedly. Septuagint, "were cursing God. "This is one of the places which the Jews have corrected. (Du Hamel)
Judge; or condemn and punish, Proverbs xix. 29. (Calmet)
Chastise them, not in words only, or in a soft manner, as he had done. Hebrew, "because his sons made themselves despicable, and he did not frown upon them. "(Haydock)
Ciha denotes, to correct with a wrinkled face. (Menochius)
Aquila, "he did not look black at them "nor avert his eyes with horror. All this iniquity was done publicly, and in his presence; (Calmet) and he suffered his children to proceed without any restraint. It is not sufficient to reprove, when a father can correct. (Haydock)
