1 Samuel 2:2-12

2 "¹There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, ²there is no one besides You, ³Nor is there any rock like our God.

3 "Boast no more so very proudly, ⁴Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; ⁵For the LORD is a God of knowledge, ⁶And with Him actions are weighed.

4 "⁷The bows of the mighty are shattered, ⁸But the feeble gird on strength.

5 "Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to hunger. ⁹Even the barren gives birth to seven, But ¹⁰she who has many children languishes.

6 "¹¹The LORD kills and makes alive; ¹²He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7 "¹³The LORD makes poor and rich; ¹⁴He brings low, He also exalts.

8 "¹⁵He raises the poor from the dust, ¹⁶He lifts the needy from the ash heap ¹⁷To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; ¹⁸For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He set the world on them.

9 "¹⁹He keeps the feet of His godly ones, ²⁰But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; ²¹For not by might shall a man prevail.

10 "²²Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; ²³Against them He will thunder in the heavens, ²⁴The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; ²⁵And He will give strength to His king, ²⁶And will exalt the horn of His anointed."

11 Then Elkanah went to his home at ²⁷Ramah. ²⁸But the boy ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest.

The Sin of Eli's Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were ²⁹worthless men; they did not know the LORD

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1 Samuel 2:2-12 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 29

1. Exodus 15:11; Leviticus 19:2; Psalms 86:8
2. 2 Samuel 22:32
3. Deuteronomy 32:30, 31
4. Proverbs 8:13
5. 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 8:39
6. Proverbs 16:2; Proverbs 24:12
7. Psalms 37:15; Psalms 46:9
8. Psalms 18:39; Hebrews 11:32-34
9. Ruth 4:15; Psalms 113:9
10. Jeremiah 15:9
11. Deuteronomy 32:39; 2 Kings 5:7; Revelation 1:18
12. Isaiah 26:19
13. Deuteronomy 8:17, 18
14. Job 5:11; Psalms 75:7; James 4:10
15. Job 42:10-12; Psalms 75:7; Psalms 113:7
16. 2 Samuel 7:8; Daniel 2:48; James 2:5
17. Job 36:7; Psalms 113:8
18. Job 38:4-6; Psalms 75:3; Psalms 104:5
19. Psalms 91:11, 12; Psalms 121:3; Proverbs 3:26; 1 Peter 1:5
20. Matthew 8:12
21. Psalms 33:16, 17
22. Exodus 15:6; Psalms 2:9
23. 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 22:14; Psalms 18:13, 14
24. Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Matthew 25:31, 32
25. Psalms 21:1, 7
26. Psalms 89:24
27. 1 Samuel 1:1, 19
28. 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 3:1
29. Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 9:3, 6; 2 Corinthians 6:15

Footnotes 4

[a]. Lit "Talk much"
[b]. I.e. the nether world
[c]. I.e. strength
[d]. Lit "sons of Belial"