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Chapter 2 |
| 1 | And Hannah
prayed, and said, My 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: for there is none beside
thee: neither is there any rock like our God. |
| 3 | Talk no more
so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is
a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. |
| 4 | The bows of
the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with
strength. |
| 5
| They that were full have hired out themselves for bread;
and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she
that hath many children is waxed feeble. |
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6 | The LORD killeth, and maketh
alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. |
| 7 | The LORD
maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. |
| 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 throne 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
be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. |
| 10 | The
adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he
thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall
give strength 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. |
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12 | Now the sons of Eli were sons of
Belial; they knew not the LORD. |
| 13 | And the priest's custom with
the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant
came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his
hand; |
| 14 |
And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot;
all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in
Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. |
| 15 | Also before
they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that
sacrificed, Give 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 not
fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth;
then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I
will take it by force. |
| 17 | Wherefore the sin of the young men was very
great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. |
| 18 |
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen
ephod. |
| 19
| Moreover 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 loan which is lent to the
LORD. And they went unto their own home. |
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21 | And the LORD visited
Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the
child Samuel grew before the LORD. |
| 22 | Now 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 I hear of your evil dealings
by all this people. |
| 24 | Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that
I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress. |
| 25 | If one man
sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the
LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the
voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. |
| 26 | And the
child Samuel grew on, 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 I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they
were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? |
| 28 | And did I choose him out of
all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn
incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy
father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? |
| 29 |
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded
in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with
the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? |
| 30 | Wherefore
the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of
thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far
from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be
lightly esteemed. |
| 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 an enemy in my
habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not
be an old man in thine house for ever. |
| 33 | And the man of thine, whom I
shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to
grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower
of their age. |
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34 | And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come
upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of
them. |
| 35 |
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do
according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a
sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. |
| 36 | And
it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come
and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say,
Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece
of bread. |
