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High Priest Eli

There is no better biblical example of poor parenting than the High Priest Eli.

This month we celebrate Father’s Day, so we’ll take a look at an Old Testament father who didn’t do such a good job of parenting as we would expect from someone in such a high position of authority in Israel.

Bad behaviour

Perhaps there is no better biblical example of poor parenting than the High Priest Eli and his two sons Hophni and Phinehas. We read their account in the opening chapters

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