10. The Lord!His enemies are terrified!God thunders against them from heaven!The Lord!He judges the far corners of the earth!May God give strength to his kingand raise high the strength of his anointed one.
11. Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord under Eli the priest.
12. Now Eli’s sons were despicable men who didn’t know the Lord.
13. This was how the priest was supposed to act with the people: Whenever anyone made a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s assistant would come with a three-pronged fork in hand.
14. He would thrust it into the cauldron or the pot. Whatever the fork brought up, the priest would take for himself. This is how it was done for all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.