1 Samuel 2
The Song of
Hannah |
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And Hannah prayed, and said,
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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.
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There is none holy as the LORD:
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for there is none besides thee: |
neither is there any rock like our
God. |
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Talk no more so exceeding proudly;
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let not arrogancy come out of your
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for the LORD is a God of
knowledge, |
and by him actions are
weighed. |
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The bows of the mighty men are broken,
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and they that stumbled are girded with
strength. |
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They that were full have hired out
themselves for bread;
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and they that were hungry ceased: |
so that the barren hath borne seven; |
and she that hath many children is waxed
feeble. |
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The LORD killeth,
and maketh alive:
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he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth
up. |
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The LORD maketh
poor, and maketh rich:
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he bringeth low, and lifteth
up. |
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He raiseth up the poor out of the
dust,
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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.
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He will keep the feet of his saints,
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and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; |
for by strength shall no man
prevail. |
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The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces;
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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. Lk.
1.46-55
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And Elka'nah went to Ramah to his
house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
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The Sins of Eli's
Sons |
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Now the sons of Eli were sons of
Be'li-al; they knew not the LORD.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wherefore the sin of the young men was
very great before the LORD: for men abhorred
the offering of the LORD.
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But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen
ephod.
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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.
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And Eli blessed Elka'nah 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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And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two
daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
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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.
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And he said unto them, Why do ye such
things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this
people.
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Nay, my sons; for it is no good
report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people
to transgress.
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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.
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And the child Samuel grew on, and was
in favor both with the LORD, and also with
men.
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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?
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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 Ex. 28.1-4 ? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the
offerings made by fire of the children of Israel Lev. 7.35, 36 ?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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And this shall be a sign unto
thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phin'ehas; in
one day they shall die both of them.
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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.
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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.
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