, mine horn is exalted in
: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 1 Samuel 2
2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in , mine horn is exalted in
: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2:2 There is none holy as : for there is none
beside thee: neither is there any rock like our Elohim.
2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not
arrogancy come out of your mouth: for is an El of knowledge, and by him actions are
weighed.
2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
2:5 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.
2:6 killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth
down to the grave, and bringeth up.
2:7 maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth
low, and lifteth up.
2:8 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 's, and he hath set
the world upon them.
2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
2:10 The adversaries of shall be broken to
pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: shall judge the ends of the
earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the
child did minister unto before Eli the priest.
2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they
knew not .
2:13 And the priests' 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;
2:14 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.
2:15 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.
2:16 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.
2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very
great before : for men abhorred the offering of .
2:18 But Samuel ministered before , being a
child, girded with a linen ephod.
2:19 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.
2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said,
give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to . And they went
unto their own home.
2:21 And visited Hannah, so that she
conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before .
2:22 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.
2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I
hear: ye make 's people to transgress.
2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall
judge him: but if a man sin against , who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding
they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because would slay them.
2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour
both with , and also with men.
2:27 And there came a man of Elohim unto Eli, and
said unto him, Thus saith , Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when
they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
2:28 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?
2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
2:30 Wherefore Elohim of Israel saith, I said
indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but
now saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that
despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
2:31 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.
2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which Elohim shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
2:33 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.
2:34 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.
2:35 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.
2:36 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.