Unnamed Prophets

I Sam. 2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus

saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father,

when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?

2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest,

to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before

me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings

made by fire of the children of Israel?

2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I

have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above

me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of

Israel my people?

2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy

house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever:

but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor

me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of

thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine

house.

2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth

which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in

thine house for ever.

2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,

shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all

the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two

sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of

them.

2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to

that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a

sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house

shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of

bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’

offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.