1 Samuel 2:3-13

3 "Boast no more so very proudly, ¹Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; ²For the LORD is a God of knowledge, ³And with Him actions are weighed.

4 "⁴The bows of the mighty are shattered, ⁵But the feeble gird on strength.

5 "Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to hunger. ⁶Even the barren gives birth to seven, But ⁷she who has many children languishes.

6 "⁸The LORD kills and makes alive; ⁹He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7 "¹⁰The LORD makes poor and rich; ¹¹He brings low, He also exalts.

8 "¹²He raises the poor from the dust, ¹³He lifts the needy from the ash heap ¹⁴To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; ¹⁵For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He set the world on them.

9 "¹⁶He keeps the feet of His godly ones, ¹⁷But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; ¹⁸For not by might shall a man prevail.

10 "¹⁹Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; ²⁰Against them He will thunder in the heavens, ²¹The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; ²²And He will give strength to His king, ²³And will exalt the horn of His anointed."

11 Then Elkanah went to his home at ²⁴Ramah. ²⁵But the boy ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest.

The Sin of Eli's Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were ²⁶worthless men; they did not know the LORD

13 ²⁷and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged * fork in his hand.

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1 Samuel 2:3-13 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 27

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

Footnotes 4

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