1 Samuel Chapter 2

1 Samuel Chapter 2
1 And Hannah prayed, and said, Mine
heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is
exalted in the Lord: my mouth is
enlarged over mine enemies, because I
rejoice in thy salvation.
2 There is none holy as the Lord: yea,
there is none besides thee, and there is
no god like our God.
3 Speak no more presumptuously: let not
arrogancy come out of your mouth: for
the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by
him enterprises are established. 4 The
bow and the mighty men are broken, and
the weak have girded themselves with
strength.
5 They that were full, are hired forth for
bread, and the hungry are no more hired,
so that the barren hath borne seven: and
she that had many children, is feeble.
6 The Lord killeth and maketh alive:
bringeth down to the grave and raiseth
up.
7 The Lord maketh poor and maketh
rich: bringeth low, and exalteth. 8 He
raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and
lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to
set them among princes, and to make
them inherit the seat of glory: for the
pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he
hath set the world upon them.
9 He will keep the feet of his Saints, and
the wicked shall keep silence in
darkness: for in his own might shall no
man be strong.
10 The Lord’s adversaries shall be
destroyed, and out of heaven shall he
thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge
the ends of the world, and shall give
power unto his king, and exalt the horn
of his anointed.
11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his
house, and the child did minister unto the
Lord before Eli the priest.
12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked
men, and knew not the Lord. 13 For the
priest’s custom toward the people was
this: when any man offered sacrifice, the
priest’s boy came, while the flesh was
seething, and a flesh hook with three
teeth in his hand,
14 And thrust it into the kettle, or into the
cauldron, or into the pan, or into the pot:
all that the flesh hook brought up, the
priest took for himself: thus they did unto
all the Israelites, that came thither to
Shiloh.
15 Yea, before they burned the fat, the
priest’s boy came and said to the man
that offered, Give me flesh to roast for
the priest: for he will not have sodden
flesh of thee, but raw.
16 And if any man said unto him, Let
them burn the fat according to the
custom, then take as much as thine heart
desireth: then he would answer, No, but
thou shalt give it now: and if thou wilt
not, I will take it by force. 17 Therefore
the sin of the young men was very great
before the Lord: for men abhorred the
offering of the Lord.
18 Now Samuel being a young child
ministered before the Lord, girded with
a linen ephod.
19 And his mother made him a little
coat, and brought it to him from year to
year, when she came up with her
husband, to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife,
and said, The Lord give thee seed of this
woman, for the petition that she asked of
the Lord: and they departed unto their
place.
21 And the Lord visited Hannah, so that
she conceived, and bear three sons, and
two daughters. And the child Samuel
grew before the Lord.
22 So Eli was very old, and heard all
that his sons did unto all Israel, and how
they lay with the women that assembled
at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
23 And he said unto them, Why do ye
such things? For of all this people I hear
evil reports of you.
24 Do no more, my sons, for it is no
good report that I hear, which is, that ye
make the Lord’s people to trespass.
25 If one man sin against another, the
judge shall judge it: but if a man sin
against the Lord, who will plead for
him? Notwithstanding they obeyed not
the voice of their father, because the
Lord would slay them.
26 (Now the child Samuel profited and
grew, and was in favor both with the
Lord and also with men)
27 And there came a man of God unto
Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the
Lord, Did not I plainly appear unto the
house of thy father, when they were in
Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
28 And I chose him out of all the tribes
of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon
mine altar, and to burn incense, and to
wear an ephod before me, and I gave
unto the house of thy father all the
offerings made by fire of the children of
Israel.
29 Wherefore have you kicked against
my sacrifice and mine offering, which I
commanded in my tabernacle, and
honorest thy children above me, to make
yourselves fat of the first fruits of all the
offerings of Israel my people?
30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel
saith, I said, that thine house and the
house of thy father should walk before
me forever: but now the Lord saith, It
shall not be so: for them that honor me, I
will honor, and they that despise me,
shall be despised.
31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut
off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s
house, that there shall not be an old man
in thine house. 32 And thou shalt see
thine enemy in the habitation of the Lord
in all things wherewith God shall bless
Israel, and there shall not be an old man
in thine house forever.
33 Nevertheless, I will not destroy every
one of thine from mine altar, to make
thine eyes to fail, and to make thine heart
sorrowful: and all the multitude of thine
house shall die when they be men.
34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that
shall come upon thy two sons Hophni
and Phinehas: in one day they shall die
both.
35 And I will stir me up a faithful priest,
that shall do according to mine heart and
according to my mind: and I will build
him a sure house, and he shall walk
before mine anointed forever.
36 And all that are left in thine house,
shall come and bow down to him for a
piece of silver and a morsel of bread,
and shall say, Appoint me, I pray thee, to
one of the priest’s offices, that I may eat
a morsel of bread.