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The sons of Eli, [[Hophni and Phinehas]], meanwhile, were behaving wickedly, for example by taking for themselves all the prime cuts of meat from sacrifices, and by committing adultery with the women who served at the sanctuary entrance. Eli is aware of their behavior but he rebukes them too lightly and is unable to stop them. The sons continue in their sinful behavior, and so, according to the text, a man of God prophesies to Eli that Eli and his family will be punished for this, with all male descendants dying before reaching old age and being usually placed in positions subservient to prophets from other lineages.<ref>[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+2&version=NIV 1 Samuel 2]</ref> The curse alludes to a previous (not appearing elsewhere in the Bible) promise from God of Eli's lineage continuing eternally (c.f. similar promises to [[King David]] and [[Jehonadab]]). While this continuation is not revoked, a curse is placed on all of Eli's male descendants forever. As a ''sign'' of the accuracy of this future, Eli is told by the ''man of God'' that his sons will die on the same day.
== دیگر ذرائع ==
=== [[تلمود]] ===
The [[Talmud]] lists him as a [[prophet]].<ref>[http://www.askmoses.com/article.html?h=183&o=89728 How many prophets were there? – AskMoses.com]</ref>
=== سامری ذرائع ===
The Samaritans assert that [[Mount Gerizim]] was the original Holy Place of Israel from the time that Joshua conquered Israel and the ten tribes settled the land. According to the Bible, the story of Mount Gerizim takes us back to the story of the time when Moses ordered Joshua to take the Twelve Tribes of Israel to the mountains by Shechem and place half of the tribes, six in number, on the top of [[Mount Gerizim]] (Mount of the Blessing), and the other half in [[Mount Ebal]] (Mount of the Curse). The two mountains were used to symbolize the significance of the commandments and serve as a warning to whoever disobeyed them.
{{Cquote|The Samaritans have insisted that they are direct descendants of the Northern Israelite tribes of [[Tribe of Ephraim|Ephraim]] and [[Tribe of Manasseh|Manasseh]], who survived the destruction of the Northern [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]] by the Assyrians in 722 BC. The inscription of [[Sargon II]] records the deportation of a relatively small proportion of the Israelites (27,290, according to the annals), so it is quite possible that a sizable population remained that could identify themselves as Israelites, the term that the Samaritans prefer for themselves.
Samaritan historiography would place the basic schism from the remaining part of Israel after the twelve tribes conquered the land of Canaan, led by Yahshua. After Yahshua's death, Eli the priest left the tabernacle which Moses erected in the desert and established on Mount Gerizim, and built another one under his own rule in the hills of [[Shiloh (biblical city)|Shilo]] (1 Samuel 1:1-3; 2:12-17). Thus, he established both an illegitimate priesthood and an illegitimate place of worship.<ref>The Emergence of the Samaritan Community (Lecture given by Professor [[Abraham Tal]] at Mandelbaum House, August 2001) [http://www.the-samaritans.com/html_articles/Abraham_tal.htm]</ref>}}
[[Abu l-Fath]], who in the fourteenth century C.E. wrote the major work of Samaritan history, comments on Samaritan origins as follows:
{{Cquote|A terrible civil war broke out between Eli son of Yafni, of the line of Ithamar, and the sons of Phineas, because Eli son of Yafni resolved to usurp the High Priesthood from the descendents of Phineas. He used to offer sacrifices on an altar of stones. He was 50 years old, endowed with wealth and in charge of the treasury of the children of Israel...
He offered a sacrifice on the altar, but without salt, as if he were inattentive. When the Great High Priest Ozzi learned of this, and found the sacrifice was not accepted, he thoroughly disowned him; and it is (even) said that he rebuked him.
Thereupon he and the group that sympathized with him, rose in revolt and at once he and his followers and his beasts set off for Shiloh. Thus Israel split in factions. He sent to their leaders saying to them, Anyone who would like to see wonderful things, let him come to me. Then he assembled a large group around him in Shiloh, and built a Temple for himself there; he constructed a place like the Temple (on Mount Gerizim). He built an altar, omitting no detail - it all corresponded to the original, piece by piece.
At this time the Children of Israel split into three factions. A loyal faction on Mount Gerizim; a heretical faction that followed false Gods; and the faction that followed Eli son of Yafni on Shiloh.<ref>''The Keepers, An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Samaritans'', by Robert T. Anderson and Terry Giles, Hendrickson Publishing, 2002, pages 11-12</ref>}}
Further, the [[Samaritan Chronicle Adler]], or New Chronicle, believed to have been composed in the 18th century C.E. using earlier chronicles as sources states:
{{Cquote|And the children of Israel in his days divided into three groups. One did according to the abominations of the Gentiles and served other Gods; another followed Eli the son of Yafni, although many of them turned away from him after he had revealed his intentions; and a third remained with the High Priest Uzzi ben Bukki, the chosen place, Mount Gerizim Bethel, in the holy city of Shechem.<ref>''The Keepers'', page 12</ref>}}
According to the Samaritans this marked the end of the Age of Divine Favor called רידון (Ridhwan) or רהוּתה (Rahuta), which began with Moses. Thus began the פנוּתה (Fanuta) Era of Divine Disfavor when God looks away from the people. According to the Samaritans the age of divine favor will only return with the coming of the Taheb (Messiah or Restorer).<ref>''The Keepers'', page 13</ref>
Likewise according to [[Samaritan]] sources the high Priests line of the sons of Phineas died out in 1624 C.E. with the death of the 112th High Priest Shlomyah ben Pinhas when the priesthood was transferred to the sons of [[Ithamar]]; see article [[Samaritan]] for list of High Priests from 1613 to 2013-the 132nd High priest of the Samaritans was [[Aharon ben Ab-Chisda ben Yaacob]] who was succeeded by [[Aabed-El ben Asher ben Matzliach]] (ironically Eli was of the House of Ithamar).
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