His sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as officiating priests but “were guilty of injustice towards men, and of impiety towards God, and abstained from no sort of wickedness, ” says historian Josephus.
این « بنی بلِیّعال [« پسران فاسد » ،‏ ترجمهٔ تفسیری‏] » یَهُوَه را به رسمیت نشناختند ،‏ با اعمال خود به مقدسات توهین کردند ،‏ و مرتکب فحشا شدند .‏