1 Samuel 2:1-11

Hannah's Prayer

1 And Hannah prayed and said, ¹"My heart exults in the LORD; ²my strength^[a] is exalted in the LORD. My mouth derides my enemies, because ³I rejoice in your salvation.

2 ⁴"There is none holy like the LORD; there is none besides you; there is ⁵no rock like our God.

3 Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

4 ⁶The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength.

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. ⁷The barren has borne seven, ⁸but she who has many children is forlorn.

6 ⁹The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7 ¹⁰The LORD makes poor and makes rich; ¹¹he brings low and he exalts.

8 ¹²He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap ¹³to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. ¹⁴For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and on them he has set the world.

9 ¹⁵"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.

10 ¹⁶The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; ¹⁷against them he will thunder in heaven. ¹⁸The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king ¹⁹and exalt the power^[b] of his anointed."

11 Then Elkanah went home ²⁰to Ramah. ²¹And the boy ministered to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest.

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1 Samuel 2:1-11 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

Cross References 21

1. For ver. 1-10, see Luke 1:46-53
2. ver. 10; Psalms 75:10; Psalms 89:17, 24; Psalms 92:10; Psalms 112:9; Psalms 148:14
3. Psalms 9:14; Psalms 13:5; Psalms 20:5; Psalms 35:9
4. Exodus 15:11; Psalms 86:8; Psalms 89:6, 8
5. Deuteronomy 32:30, 31
6. Psalms 37:15; Psalms 46:9; Psalms 76:3
7. Psalms 113:9; Isaiah 54:1
8. Jeremiah 15:9
9. Deuteronomy 32:39
10. [Job 1:21]
11. Job 5:11; Psalms 75:7
12. Psalms 113:7, 8; [Daniel 4:17; Luke 1:52]
13. Job 36:7
14. [Job 38:4-6; Psalms 24:2; Psalms 102:25; Psalms 104:5]
15. Psalms 121:3; Proverbs 3:26; [Psalms 91:11]
16. Psalms 2:9
17. 1 Samuel 7:10; Psalms 18:13; [2 Samuel 22:14]
18. Psalms 96:10, 13; Psalms 98:9
19. ver. 1; [Psalms 89:24]
20. 1 Samuel 1:19
21. ver. 18; 1 Samuel 3:1

Footnotes 2

[a]. Hebrew horn
[b]. Hebrew horn

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