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1 Samuel 2:5-15
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They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.
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Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
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Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.
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He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
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They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.
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And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.
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Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.
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And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook 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 flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
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Yea, 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 boiled flesh of thee, but raw.
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1 Samuel 2:5-15 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 2
In this chapter the song of Hannah is recorded, 1Sa 2:1-10, and an account is given of the return of Elkanah and Hannah to their own home, and of the care she took yearly to provide a coat for Samuel, and of her being blessed with many other children, and of the growth and ministry of Samuel before the Lord, 1Sa 2:11,18-21,26, and of the wickedness of the sons of Eli, 1Sa 2:12-17, and of Eli's too gentle treatment of them when he reproved them for it, 1Sa 2:22-25 and of a sharp message sent him from the Lord on that account, threatening destruction to his house, of which the death of his two sons would be a sign, 1Sa 2:27-36.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
The American Standard Version is in the public domain.