1 Samuel 2 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving

2 Then Hannah (A)prayed and said,

“My heart exults in the Lord;
(B)My [a]horn is exalted in the Lord,
My mouth [b]speaks boldly against my enemies,
Because (C)I rejoice in Your salvation.
2 “(D)There is no one holy like the Lord,
Indeed, (E)there is no one besides You,
(F)Nor is there any rock like our God.
3 “[c]Boast no more so very proudly,
(G)Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
(H)For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
(I)And with Him actions are weighed.
4 “(J)The bows of the mighty are shattered,
(K)But the feeble gird on strength.
5 “Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,
But those who were hungry cease to hunger.
(L)Even the barren gives birth to seven,
But (M)she who has many children languishes.
6 “(N)The Lord kills and makes alive;
(O)He brings down to [d]Sheol and raises up.
7 “(P)The Lord makes poor and rich;
(Q)He brings low, He also exalts.
8 “(R)He raises the poor from the dust,
(S)He lifts the needy from the ash heap
(T)To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
(U)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.
9 “(V)He keeps the feet of His godly ones,
(W)But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;
(X)For not by might shall a man prevail.
10 “(Y)Those who contend with the Lord will be shattered;
(Z)Against them He will thunder in the heavens,
(AA)The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
(AB)And He will give strength to His king,
(AC)And will exalt the [e]horn of His anointed.”

11 Then Elkanah went to his home at (AD)Ramah. (AE)But the boy ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

The Sin of Eli’s Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were [f](AF)worthless men; they did not know the Lord 13 (AG)and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand. 14 Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15 Also, before (AH)they burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw.” 16 If the man said to him, “They must surely [g]burn the fat [h]first, and then take as much as [i]you desire,” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.” 17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men (AI)despised the offering of the Lord.

Samuel before the Lord as a Boy

18 Now (AJ)Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a boy [j](AK)wearing a linen ephod. 19 And his mother would make him a little (AL)robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer (AM)the yearly sacrifice. 20 Then Eli would (AN)bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you [k]children from this woman in place of [l]the one she (AO)dedicated to the Lord.” And they went to their own [m]home.

21 (AP)The Lord visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And (AQ)the boy Samuel grew before the Lord.

Eli Rebukes His Sons

22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard (AR)all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with (AS)the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 23 He said to them, “Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people? 24 No, my sons; for the report is not good (AT)which I hear [n]the Lord’s people circulating. 25 If one man sins against another, (AU)God will mediate for him; but (AV)if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the (AW)Lord desired to put them to death.

26 Now the boy (AX)Samuel [o]was growing in stature and in favor both with the Lord and with men.

27 Then (AY)a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘(AZ)Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house? 28 (BA)Did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I not (BB)give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel? 29 Why do you (BC)kick at My sacrifice and at My offering (BD)which I have commanded in My (BE)dwelling, and (BF)honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the [p]choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’ 30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘(BG)I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for (BH)those who honor Me I will honor, and those (BI)who despise Me will be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, (BJ)the days are coming when I will break your [q]strength and the [r]strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 You will see (BK)the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that [s]I do for Israel; and an (BL)old man will not be in your house forever. 33 Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar [t]so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will die [u]in the prime of life. 34 This will be (BM)the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: (BN)on the same day both of them will die. 35 But (BO)I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and (BP)I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before (BQ)My anointed always. 36 Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a [v]piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, “Please [w]assign me to one of the priest’s offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.”’”

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:1 I.e. strength
  2. 1 Samuel 2:1 Lit is enlarged
  3. 1 Samuel 2:3 Lit Talk much
  4. 1 Samuel 2:6 I.e. the nether world
  5. 1 Samuel 2:10 I.e. strength
  6. 1 Samuel 2:12 Lit sons of Belial
  7. 1 Samuel 2:16 Lit offer up in smoke
  8. 1 Samuel 2:16 Lit like the day
  9. 1 Samuel 2:16 Lit your soul
  10. 1 Samuel 2:18 Lit girded with
  11. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit seed
  12. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit the one asked for which was lent
  13. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit place
  14. 1 Samuel 2:24 Or making the Lord’s people transgress
  15. 1 Samuel 2:26 Lit was going on both great and good
  16. 1 Samuel 2:29 Or first
  17. 1 Samuel 2:31 Or arm
  18. 1 Samuel 2:31 Or arm
  19. 1 Samuel 2:32 Lit He does
  20. 1 Samuel 2:33 Lit to waste away your eyes and to grieve your soul
  21. 1 Samuel 2:33 Lit as men
  22. 1 Samuel 2:36 Or payment
  23. 1 Samuel 2:36 Lit attach

Cross references

  1. 1 Samuel 2:1 : 1 Sam 2:1-10; Luke 1:46-55
  2. 1 Samuel 2:1 : Deut 33:17; Job 16:15; Ps 75:10; 89:17, 24; 92:10; 112:9
  3. 1 Samuel 2:1 : Ps 9:14; 13:5; 35:9; Is 12:2, 3
  4. 1 Samuel 2:2 : Ex 15:11; Lev 19:2; Ps 86:8
  5. 1 Samuel 2:2 : 2 Sam 22:32
  6. 1 Samuel 2:2 : Deut 32:30, 31
  7. 1 Samuel 2:3 : Prov 8:13
  8. 1 Samuel 2:3 : 1 Sam 16:7; 1 Kin 8:39
  9. 1 Samuel 2:3 : Prov 16:2; 24:12
  10. 1 Samuel 2:4 : Ps 37:15; 46:9
  11. 1 Samuel 2:4 : Ps 18:39; Heb 11:32-34
  12. 1 Samuel 2:5 : Ruth 4:15; Ps 113:9
  13. 1 Samuel 2:5 : Jer 15:9
  14. 1 Samuel 2:6 : Deut 32:39; 2 Kin 5:7; Rev 1:18
  15. 1 Samuel 2:6 : Is 26:19
  16. 1 Samuel 2:7 : Deut 8:17, 18
  17. 1 Samuel 2:7 : Job 5:11; Ps 75:7; James 4:10
  18. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Job 42:10-12; Ps 75:7; 113:7
  19. 1 Samuel 2:8 : 2 Sam 7:8; Dan 2:48; James 2:5
  20. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Job 36:7; Ps 113:8
  21. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Job 38:4-6; Ps 75:3; 104:5
  22. 1 Samuel 2:9 : Ps 91:11, 12; 121:3; Prov 3:26; 1 Pet 1:5
  23. 1 Samuel 2:9 : Matt 8:12
  24. 1 Samuel 2:9 : Ps 33:16, 17
  25. 1 Samuel 2:10 : Ex 15:6; Ps 2:9
  26. 1 Samuel 2:10 : 1 Sam 7:10; 2 Sam 22:14; Ps 18:13, 14
  27. 1 Samuel 2:10 : Ps 96:13; 98:9; Matt 25:31, 32
  28. 1 Samuel 2:10 : Ps 21:1, 7
  29. 1 Samuel 2:10 : Ps 89:24
  30. 1 Samuel 2:11 : 1 Sam 1:1, 19
  31. 1 Samuel 2:11 : 1 Sam 1:28; 2:18; 3:1
  32. 1 Samuel 2:12 : Jer 2:8; 9:3, 6; 2 Cor 6:15
  33. 1 Samuel 2:13 : Lev 7:29-34
  34. 1 Samuel 2:15 : Lev 3:3-5, 16
  35. 1 Samuel 2:17 : Mal 2:7-9
  36. 1 Samuel 2:18 : 1 Sam 2:11; 3:1
  37. 1 Samuel 2:18 : 1 Sam 2:28; 22:18; 2 Sam 6:14; 1 Chr 15:27
  38. 1 Samuel 2:19 : Ex 28:31
  39. 1 Samuel 2:19 : 1 Sam 1:3, 21
  40. 1 Samuel 2:20 : Luke 2:34
  41. 1 Samuel 2:20 : 1 Sam 1:11, 27, 28
  42. 1 Samuel 2:21 : Gen 21:1
  43. 1 Samuel 2:21 : Judg 13:24; 1 Sam 2:26; 3:19-21; Luke 1:80; 2:40
  44. 1 Samuel 2:22 : 1 Sam 2:13-17
  45. 1 Samuel 2:22 : Ex 38:8
  46. 1 Samuel 2:24 : 1 Kin 15:26
  47. 1 Samuel 2:25 : Deut 1:17
  48. 1 Samuel 2:25 : Num 15:30; 1 Sam 3:14; Heb 10:26, 27
  49. 1 Samuel 2:25 : Josh 11:20
  50. 1 Samuel 2:26 : 1 Sam 2:21; Luke 2:52
  51. 1 Samuel 2:27 : Deut 33:1; Judg 13:6
  52. 1 Samuel 2:27 : Ex 4:14-16; 12:1, 43
  53. 1 Samuel 2:28 : Ex 28:1-4; 30:7, 8; Lev 8:7, 8
  54. 1 Samuel 2:28 : Lev 7:35, 36
  55. 1 Samuel 2:29 : 1 Sam 2:13-17
  56. 1 Samuel 2:29 : Deut 12:5-9
  57. 1 Samuel 2:29 : Ps 26:8
  58. 1 Samuel 2:29 : Matt 10:37
  59. 1 Samuel 2:30 : Ex 29:9; Num 25:13
  60. 1 Samuel 2:30 : Ps 50:23
  61. 1 Samuel 2:30 : Mal 2:9
  62. 1 Samuel 2:31 : 1 Sam 4:11-18; 22:17-20
  63. 1 Samuel 2:32 : 1 Kin 2:26, 27
  64. 1 Samuel 2:32 : Zech 8:4
  65. 1 Samuel 2:34 : 1 Sam 10:7-9; 1 Kin 13:3
  66. 1 Samuel 2:34 : 1 Sam 4:11, 17
  67. 1 Samuel 2:35 : 1 Sam 3:1; 7:9; 9:12, 13
  68. 1 Samuel 2:35 : 1 Sam 8:3-5; 25:28; 2 Sam 7:11, 27; 1 Kin 11:38
  69. 1 Samuel 2:35 : 1 Sam 10:9, 10; 12:3; 16:13

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