9 You must not bow down to them or be led to serve* them,+ because I Jehovah your God am a God exacting exclusive devotion,*+ bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons* and* upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation,* in the case of those who hate me;+

24 No,+ my sons, because the report is not good that I am hearing, that the people of Jehovah are causing to circulate.+

11 And the ark of God* itself was captured,+ and the two sons of Eʹli, Hophʹni and Phinʹe·has, died.+

21 Then A·biʹa·thar told David: “Saul has killed the priests of Jehovah.”

27 So Solʹo·mon drove out A·biʹa·thar from serving as a priest of Jehovah, to fulfill Jehovah’s word that he had spoken against the house of Eʹli+ in Shiʹloh.+

26 For if we practice sin willfully+ after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth,+ there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left,+