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    1 Samuel · 36 verses

    1 Samuel 2

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    A priestly servant attacks a boiling pot with a three-pronged fork, claims whatever it catches, and then demands raw meat before the fat is burned—an unusually energetic way to mishandle a sacrifice.

    Hannah’s song turns the world upside downvv. 1–10

    Hannah’s prayer begins with rejoicing and quickly becomes a great reversal of fortunes: bows break, the feeble gain strength, the hungry are filled, and the barren woman gives birth while the mother of many sons pines away. The LORD raises the poor from dust and the needy from the ash heap, while human strength is shown to be a rather unreliable staff. The prayer ends with the LORD judging the earth, giving power to his king, and exalting the horn of his anointed.

    The fork, the robe, and the two householdsvv. 11–26

    Elkanah goes home to Ramah, while Samuel remains before the LORD with Eli. Eli’s sons turn sacrifice into a private meat counter: their servant plunges a three-pronged fork into every sort of boiling vessel and takes what comes up, then demands raw meat and threatens force. The text calls this contempt for the LORD’s offering. Meanwhile, Hannah brings Samuel a little robe each year, Eli blesses her and Elkanah, and Hannah receives three sons and two daughters. The contrast grows sharper: Samuel grows in the LORD’s presence, while Eli’s sons sleep with the women serving at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and refuse their father’s rebuke.

    The house is promised an endingvv. 27–36

    A man of God arrives with a message for Eli. The LORD recalls choosing Eli’s father’s house from among Israel’s tribes, then asks why Eli has honoured his sons more than the sacrifice by fattening himself on the offerings. The old promise that the house would walk before the LORD forever is met with the startling reply, “Far be it from Me!” The sentence is then made brutally concrete: no one in the house will reach old age, Hophni and Phinehas will die on the same day, and the survivors will bow for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, asking for a priestly office simply to eat.

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    1. 1 Sam 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

    2. 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

    3. 1 Sam 2:3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

    4. 1 Sam 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

    5. 1 Sam 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

    6. 1 Sam 2:6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

    7. 1 Sam 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

    8. 1 Sam 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

    9. 1 Sam 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

    10. 1 Sam 2:10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

    11. 1 Sam 2:11Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

    12. 1 Sam 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

    13. 1 Sam 2:13or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

    14. 1 Sam 2:14and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

    15. 1 Sam 2:15Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”

    16. 1 Sam 2:16And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”

    17. 1 Sam 2:17Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

    18. 1 Sam 2:18Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

    19. 1 Sam 2:19Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

    20. 1 Sam 2:20And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.

    21. 1 Sam 2:21So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

    22. 1 Sam 2:22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    23. 1 Sam 2:23“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

    24. 1 Sam 2:24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

    25. 1 Sam 2:25If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

    26. 1 Sam 2:26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.

    27. 1 Sam 2:27Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?

    28. 1 Sam 2:28And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.

    29. 1 Sam 2:29Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’

    30. 1 Sam 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

    31. 1 Sam 2:31Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.

    32. 1 Sam 2:32You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

    33. 1 Sam 2:33And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

    34. 1 Sam 2:34And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

    35. 1 Sam 2:35Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.

    36. 1 Sam 2:36And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

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    • 22 Samuel 22:32For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
    • 2Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
    • 30John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
    • 2Psalms 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
    • 8Psalms 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
    • 26Luke 2:52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
    • 30Jeremiah 18:9–10And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,
    • 2Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
    • 6Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
    • 7Psalms 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
    • 30Proverbs 3:9–10Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
    • 21 Peter 1:16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
    • 2Jeremiah 10:6There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
    • 2Psalms 89:8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
    • 8Daniel 2:48Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
    • 1Luke 1:46–56Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,

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