New Century Version

1 Samuel 2:9-15 New Century Version (NCV)

9. He protects those who are loyal to him,but evil people will be silenced in darkness.Power is not the key to success.

10. The Lord destroys his enemies;he will thunder in heaven against them.The Lord will judge all the earth.He will give power to his kingand make his appointed king strong.”

11. Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy continued to serve the Lord under Eli the priest.

12. Now Eli’s sons were evil men; they did not care about the Lord.

13. This is what the priests would normally do to the people: Every time someone brought a sacrifice, the meat would be cooked in a pot. The priest’s servant would then come carrying a fork that had three prongs.

14. He would plunge the fork into the pot or the kettle. Whatever the fork brought out of the pot belonged to the priest. But this is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh to offer sacrifices.

15. Even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come to the person offering sacrifices and say, “Give the priest some meat to roast. He won’t accept boiled meat from you, only raw meat.”