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1 Samuel 2 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Hannah’s Prayer

(cf. Luk 1:46–55 )

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:1 - Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn[fn] is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:2 - “There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - “Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4 - “The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:6 - “The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:7 - The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; on them he has set the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:9 - He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 - Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the LORD under Eli the priest.

Eli’s Wicked Sons

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:12 - Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being boiled

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:14 - and would plunge the fork into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the person who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16 - If the person said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,” the servant would answer, “No, hand it over now; if you don’t, I’ll take it by force.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:17 - This sin of the young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they[fn] were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:18 - But Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:19 - Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:20 - Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to[fn] the LORD.” Then they would go home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 - And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:22 - Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:23 - So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the LORD’s people is not good.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If one person sins against another, God[fn] may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the LORD, who will intercede for them?” His sons, however, did not listen to their father’s rebuke, for it was the LORD’s will to put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:26 - And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with people.

Prophecy Against the House of Eli

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:27 - Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor’s family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - I chose your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your ancestor’s family all the food offerings presented by the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - Why do you[fn] scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the LORD declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:31 - The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:32 - and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:33 - Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:34 - “ ‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you—they will both die on the same day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:35 - I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and plead, “Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat.” ’ ”
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
Horn here symbolizes strength; also in verse 10.
Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text people
Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text and asked from
Or the judges
The Hebrew is plural.
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1 Samuel Chapter 2 — Additional Translations:

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