1 Samuel 2
2
Hannah’s Prayer of Exultation
1Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in Adonai, my horn is lifted high in Adonai. I smile wide over my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
2There is none holy as Adonai, for there is none besides You, nor is there any rock like our God.
3Boast no more so proudly— insolence comes out of your mouth. For Adonai is the all-knowing God, and by Him deeds are weighed.
4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the stumbling are girded with strength.
5Those full hire themselves for bread, but those starving hunger no more. Even the barren gives birth to seven, but she with many sons languishes.
6Adonai causes death and makes alive, He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
7Adonai makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and also lifts up.
8He raises the helpless from the dust. He lifts the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with nobles, granting them a seat of honor. For the earth’s pillars are Adonai’s, and He has set the world on them.
9He guards the steps of His godly ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For one does not prevail by might.
10Those who oppose Adonai will be shattered. He thunders against them in heaven. He judges the ends of the earth. He gives strength to His king, exalting the horn of His anointed one.”
Eli’s Sons Sin Against Adonai
11Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, while the boy served Adonai before Eli the kohen.
12Now Eli’s sons were worthless men; they did not acknowledge Adonai.
13Now this was the custom of the kohanim with the people: whenever any man offered a sacrifice, the kohen’s servant would come along, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand,
14and he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up, the kohen would take for himself. This is how they dealt with all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.
15Even before they burned the fat, the kohen’s servant would come and say to the one offering sacrifice, “Give the kohen meat for roasting, since he will not accept boiled meat from you—only raw.”
16If the man said to him, “Let them first burn the fat up as smoke, and then take as much as you desire,” he would reply, “No! But you must give it now—otherwise, I will take it by force.”
17Thus the sin of the young men was very great before Adonai, for the men despised the offering of Adonai.
18But Samuel was ministering before Adonai, as a boy girded with a linen ephod.
19Moreover, his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
20Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May Adonai give you offspring from this woman instead of the one she requested from Adonai.” Then they would return to their place.
21So Adonai visited Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the child Samuel grew before Adonai.
22Now Eli had grown very old. He heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how they slept with the women who served at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.
23So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear evil reports from all these people concerning you.
24No, my sons! For this is not a good report that I hear Adonai’s people spreading around.
25If a man sins against another, God may pardon him; but if a man sins against Adonai, who will intercede for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because Adonai desired to put them to death.
26Meanwhile, the child Samuel kept growing and increasing in favor both with Adonai and also with men.
27Now there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, “Thus says Adonai: Did I not reveal Myself clearly to the house of your father when they were in Egypt belonging to Pharaoh’s palace?
28Also did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My kohanim, to officiate at My altar, to burn incense and to wear an ephod before Me? Did I not give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of Bnei-Yisrael?
29Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by fattening yourselves with the choicest of every offering of Israel My people?
30Therefore Adonai God of Israel declares, I indeed said that your house and your father’s house should walk before Me forever. But now declares Adonai, far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
31Behold, the days are coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in your household will reach old age.
32Moreover, you will behold the distress of My dwelling, despite all that is good that has been done to Israel. So no one in your household will reach old age, forever.
33Any man of yours that I did not cut off from My altar would make your eyes weep and your soul grieve. So all the increase of your household will die as young men.
34Now this will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons—Hophni and Phinehas—on the same day both of them will die.
35“Yet I will raise up for Myself a faithful kohen who will do according to what is in My heart and My mind. Then I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one all the time.
36Anyone left in your household will come and bow low to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say: ‘Please, assign me to one of the priestly offices so that I may eat a morsel of bread.’”
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1 Samuel 2
2
Hannah’s Triumphant Prayer
1Hannah prayed:#Ps 72:20; Hab 3:1; Lk 1:46–55
My heart rejoices in the Lord;#Ps 75:4–5,10; 92:10
my horn is lifted up by the Lord.
My mouth boasts over my enemies,
because I rejoice in your salvation.#Is 12:2–3
2There is no one holy like the Lord.#Ex 15:11
There is no one besides you!#2Sm 22:32
And there is no rock like our God.#2Sm 7:22; Ps 18:31
3Do not boast so proudly,
or let arrogant words come out of your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and actions are weighed by him.#Pr 16:2; 24:12
4The bows of the warriors are broken,#Ps 37:15; 46:9
but the feeble are clothed with strength.#Ps 18:39; Heb 11:32–34
5Those who are full hire themselves out for food,
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,#Ru 4:15; Ps 113:9
but the woman with many sons pines away.#Jr 15:9
6The Lord brings death and gives life;#Dt 32:39
he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up.#Is 26:19
7The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth;#Dt 8:17–18
he humbles and he exalts.#Jb 15:11; Jms 4:10
8He raises the poor from the dust#Jb 42:10–12; Ps 75:7
and lifts the needy from the trash heap.#2Sm 7:8; Dn 2:48; Jms 2:5
He seats them with noblemen#Jb 36:7
and gives them a throne of honor.#2:8 DSS, LXX add He gives the vow of the one who makes a vow and he blesses the years of the just.
For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s;#Jb 38:4–6; Ps 75:3
he has set the world on them.#Ps 113:7–8
9He guards the steps#2:9 Lit feet of his faithful ones,#Ps 91:11–12; 1Pt 1:5
but the wicked perish in darkness,#Mt 8:12
for a person does not prevail by his own strength.#Ps 33:16–17
10Those who oppose the Lord will be shattered;#2:10 DSS, LXX read The Lord shatters those who dispute with him#Ps 2:9
he will thunder in the heavens against them.#1Sm 7:10; Ps 18:13–14
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.#Ps 96:13; 98:9
He will give power to his king;
he will lift up the horn of his anointed.#2:10 Or Messiah#1Sm 2:35; 12:3; 16:6; Ps 89:24
11Elkanah went home to Ramah,#1Sm 1:1,19 but the boy served the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.#1Sm 1:28; 2:18; 3:1
Eli’s Family Judged
12Eli’s sons were wicked men;#1Sm 1:15 they did not respect the Lord#Jr 2:8; 9:3,6 13or the priests’ share of the sacrifices from the people. When anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling 14and plunge it into the container, kettle, cauldron, or cooking pot.#Lv 7:29–34 The priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is the way they treated all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh. 15Even before the fat was burned,#Lv 3:3–5,16 the priest’s servant would come and say to the one who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you — only raw.” 16If that person said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you can take whatever you want for yourself,”#Lv 7:25 the servant would reply, “No, I insist that you hand it over right now. If you don’t, I’ll take it by force!” 17So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because the men treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.#Mal 2:7–9
18Samuel served in the Lord’s presence#1Sm 2:11; 3:1—this mere boy was dressed in the linen ephod.#1Sm 2:28 19Each year his mother made him a little robe#Ex 28:31 and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.#1Sm 1:3,21 20Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife:#Lk 2:34 “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she#2:20 DSS; MT reads he has given to the Lord.”#1Sm 1:11,22,28 Then they would go home.
21The Lord paid attention to Hannah’s need,#Gn 21:1 and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.#1Sm 2:26; 3:19–21; Lk 2:40
22Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel#1Sm 2:13–17 and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.#Ex 38:8 23He said to them, “Why are you doing these things? I have heard about your evil actions from all these people. 24No, my sons, the news I hear the Lord’s people spreading is not good. 25If one person sins against another, God can intercede for him, but if a person sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” #Nm 15:30–31; Heb 10:26–27 But they would not listen to their father, since the Lord intended to kill them.#Ex 5:2; 14:17–18; Jos 11:18–20 26By contrast, the boy Samuel grew in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.#Lk 2:52
27A man of God came to Eli and said to him,#Dt 33:1; Jdg 13:6 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Didn’t I reveal myself to your forefather’s family#2:27 Lit the house of your father when they were in Egypt and belonged to Pharaoh’s palace?#Ex 4:14–16; 12:1,43 28Out of all the tribes of Israel, I chose your house#2:28 Lit selected him to be my priests, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence.#Ex 28:1–4 I also gave your forefather’s family all the Israelite food offerings. 29Why, then, do all of you despise my sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship?#Dt 12:5–7 You have honored your sons more than me,#Mt 10:37 by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of my people Israel.’
30“Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I did say that your family and your forefather’s family would walk before me forever.#Ex 29:9; 40:12–15; Nm 25:10–13 But now,’ this is the Lord’s declaration, ‘no longer! For those who honor me I will honor,#Ps 50:23 but those who despise me will be disgraced.#1Kg 2:26–27 31Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your forefather’s family, so that none in your family will reach old age.#1Sm 4:11–18; 22:17–20 32You will see distress in the place of worship,#1Kg 2:26–27 in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.#Zch 8:4 33Any man from your family I do not cut off from my altar will bring grief#2:33 Lit grief to your eyes and sadness to you. All your descendants will die violently.#2:33 DSS, LXX read die by the sword of men#2:33 Lit die men 34This will be the sign that will come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas:#1Sm 10:7–9; 1Kg 13:3 both of them will die on the same day.#1Sm 4:11
35“‘Then I will raise up a faithful priest#1Sm 3:20 for myself. He will do whatever is in my heart and mind. I will establish a lasting dynasty for him,#1Sm 8:3–5; 1Kg 11:38 and he will walk before my anointed one for all time.#1Sm 10:9–10; 12:3; 16:13 36Anyone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread. He will say: Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a piece of bread to eat.’”
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