1 Samuel 2 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

“There is no one holy like the LORD,

There is no one besides You,

There is no Rock like our God.

“Do not go on boasting so very proudly,

Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;

For the LORD is a God of knowledge,

And by Him actions are weighed (examined).

“The bows of the mighty are [fn]broken,

But those who have stumbled equip themselves with strength.

“Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,

But those who were hungry cease [to hunger].

Even the barren [woman] gives birth to seven,

But she who has many children withers away.

“The LORD puts to death and makes alive;

He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].

“The LORD makes poor and makes rich;

He brings low and He lifts up.

“He raises up the poor from the dust,

He lifts up the needy from the ash heap

To make them sit with nobles,

And inherit a seat of honor and glory;

For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S,

And He set the land on them.

“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,

But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;

For a man shall not prevail by might.

“The adversaries of the LORD will be broken to pieces;

He will thunder against them in the heavens,

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth;

And He will give strength to His [fn]king,

And will exalt the horn (strength) of His anointed.”

Elkanah [and his wife Hannah] returned to Ramah to his house. But the child [Samuel] served the LORD [fn]under the guidance of Eli the priest.

The sons of Eli [Hophni and Phinehas] were [fn]worthless (dishonorable, unprincipled) men; they did not know [nor respect] the LORD

Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a child dressed in a linen ephod [a sacred item of priestly clothing].

And [the time came when] the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the LORD.

Now Eli was very old; and he heard about everything that his sons were doing to all [the people of] Israel, and how they were lying with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).

But the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor both with the LORD and with men.

Then a man of God (prophet) came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Did I not plainly reveal Myself to the house of your father (ancestor) when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?