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1
Then Hannah
prayed
and said,
"My heart
exults
in the LORD;
My horn
is exalted
in the LORD,
My mouth
speaks boldly
against
my enemies,
Because
I rejoice
in Your salvation.
2
"There
is no
one
holy
like the LORD,
Indeed,
there
is no
one
besides
You, Nor is there
any rock
like our God.
3
"Boast
no
more
so very
proudly,
Do
no
t let arrogance
come
out of your mouth;
For the LORD
is a God
of k
no
wledge,
And with Him actions
are weighed.
4
"The bows
of the mighty
are shattered,
But the feeble
gird
on strength.
5
"Those who were full
hire
themselves out for bread,
But those who were hungry
cease
to hunger. Even
the barren
gives birth
to seven,
But she who has many
children
languishes.
6
"The LORD
kills
and makes alive;
He brings down
to Sheol
and raises
up.
7
"The LORD
makes poor
and rich;
He brings low,
He also
exalts.
8
"He raises
the poor
from the dust,
He lifts
the needy
from the ash
heap
To make them sit
with nobles,
And inherit
a seat
of honor;
For the pillars
of the earth
are the LORD'S,
And He set
the world
on them.
9
"He keeps
the feet
of His godly ones,
But the wicked ones
are silenced
in darkness;
For not by might
shall a man
prevail.
10
"Those who contend
with the LORD
will be shattered;
Against
them He will thunder
in the heavens,
The LORD
will judge
the ends
of the earth;
And He will give
strength
to His king,
And will exalt
the horn
of His anointed."
11
Then Elkanah
went
to his home
at Ramah.
But the boy
ministered
to the LORD
before
Eli
the priest.
12
Now the sons
of Eli
were worthless
men;
they did not know
the LORD
13
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 f
or
k
brought
up the priest
would take
f
or
himself. Thus
they did
in Shiloh
to
all
the Israelites
who came
there.
15
Also,
before
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
burn
the fat
first,
and then take
as much
as 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
despised
the offering
of the LORD.
18
Now Samuel
was ministering
before
the LORD,
as a boy
wearing
a linen
ephod.
19
And his mother
would make
him a little
robe
and bring
it to him from year
to year
when she would come
up with her husband
to offer
the yearly
sacrifice.
20
Then Eli
would bless
Elkanah
and his wife
and say,
"May the LORD
give
you children
from this
woman
in place
of the one she dedicated
to the LORD."
And they went
to their own home.
21
The LORD
visited
Hannah;
and she conceived
and gave birth
to three
sons
and two
daughters.
And the boy
Samuel
grew
before
the LORD.
22
Now Eli
was very
old;
and he heard
all
that his sons
were doing
to
all
Israel,
and how
they lay
with 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
which
I hear
the LORD'S
people
circulating.
25
"If
one man
sins
against another,
God
will mediate
for him; but 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 LORD
desired
to put them to death.
26
Now the boy
Samuel
was growing
in stature
and in favor
both
with the LORD
and with men.
27
Then a man
of God
came
to Eli
and said
to him, "Thus
says
the LORD,
'
Did I not indeed
reveal
Myself to the house
of your father
when they were in Egypt
in bondage to Pharaoh's
house?
28
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 give
to the house
of your father
all
the fire
offerings of the sons
of Israel
?
29
Why
do you kick
at My sacrifice
and at My
offering
which
I have commanded
in My dwelling,
and honor
your sons
above
Me, by making yourselves fat
with the choicest
of every
offering
of My people
Israel?'
30
"Therefore
the LORD
God
of Israel
declares,
'
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 those who honor
Me I will honor,
and those who despise
Me will be lightly esteemed.
31
'
Behold,
the days
are coming
when I will break
your strength
and the strength
of your father's
house
so
that there will not be an old man
in your
house
.
32
You will see
the distress
of My dwelling,
in spite of all
the good that I do
for Israel;
and an old man
will not be in your house
forever.
33
Yet I will not cut off
every
man
of yours from My altar
so that your eyes
will fail
from weeping and your soul
grieve,
and all
the increase
of your house
will die
in the prime
of life.
34
'
This
will be the sign
to you which
will come
concerning
your two
sons,
Hophni
and Phinehas:
on the same
day
both
of them will die.
35
'
But I will raise
up for Myself a faithful
priest
who will do
according to what
is in My heart
and in My soul;
and I will build
him an enduring
house,
and he will walk
before
My anointed
always.
36
'
Everyone
who is left
in your house
will come
and bow down
to him for
a piece
of silver
or a loaf
of bread
and say,
"Please
assign
me to one
of the priest's offices
so that I may eat
a piece
of bread
."'"
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