World English Bible
1 Samuel 2:36
“It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 2
34
This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall both die.
35
I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
36
It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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