The Prologue of Ohrid Aug 9

Year Zero · Aug 9, 2026 · 8m

CONTEMPLATION

To contemplate the punishment of God upon the people of Israel for the sins of the sons of Eli, the judge and high priest (1 Samuel 4 [also known as 1 Kings 4]):

* How the sons of the high priest [Hophni and Phinehas] sinned openly in Shiloh, and also secretly before the Ark of the Covenant;

* How God gave the Philistines victory over Israel, and many thousands of Israelites were slain, including the sons of the high priest; and the Ark of the Covenant was seized;

* How, because of the sins of the elders of the people, God sent suffering on the entire nation.

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