Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 2:36

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.

In way of humble Supplication. See 1 King. 2. 26. and 23. 9.

Whereas before they were so Nice and Delicate, that my liberal allowance could not satisfie them, but they must have their Meat Raw and Fat, &c. above, v. 13, 14, 15, 16. so the punishment is suited to the Nature of their Sin.

Into the meanest office belonging to it. See Ezek. 44. 10, 11, &c. Quest. How could they be reduced to so great straits, seeing, though they lost the High-Priesthood, they still were inferior Priests, and had a right to those plentiful Provisions which belonged to that Order? Ans. First, They might be degraded not only from the Office of the High-Priest, but also from that of the Inferior Priests, and consequently might forfeit and lose all the Priviledges belonging to their Office. Secondly, This might be from the Tyranny and Violence of some of the succeeding Priests of Eleazar's Line, towards that other Line which had long stood in competition with them, and had for a season got away the Priesthood from them. For this Text only relates the matter of Fact, but doth not express any Approbation of it.

Marginal references: Heb. to [illegible: 1+ letters] ship him.; Heb. joy▪; Or, somewhat abo[illegible: 1+ letters] the Priesthood.