The Bible Story - Volume V - Basil Wolverton - 1966

Basil Wolverton

"REVERENCE MY SANCTUARY", AN ANGEL had told Eli, the high priest of Israel, that he and his two sons would soon lose their lives. All three of them had knowingly failed to conduct themselves as proper servants in God's service. (I Samuel 2:27-36; I Samuel 3:11-14.) The prediction came true when Eli's two sons were killed by Philistine soldiers. Eli fell and broke his neck just a few hours later. (I Samuel 4:10-18.) God had warned Eli and the people: "...reverence my sanctuary..." (Leviticus 26.2). He had warned them that only authorized persons should touch the ark, and that it should not even be looked upon except when authorized. (Numbers 4:15; Leviticus 16:2.) Ark in Pagan Hands. To add to the family tragedy, the wife of Phinehas, one of the two slain sons of Eli, was about to give birth to a baby. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library