1 Samuel 2:8-9

8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; on them he has set the world.

9 He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;

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1 Samuel 2:8-9 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

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1. Psalms 113:7-8
2. James 2:5
3. 1 Kings 16:2
4. Psalms 72:12; Psalms 107:41; Psalms 145:14; Psalms 146:8; S Matthew 23:12
5. 2 Samuel 7:8; Job 36:7; Isaiah 22:23; Ezekiel 21:26
6. Job 15:7; Job 38:4; Psalms 104:5; Proverbs 8:29; Isaiah 40:12; Jeremiah 10:12
7. Psalms 91:12; Psalms 121:3; Proverbs 3:26
8. Proverbs 2:8
9. Job 10:22; Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 8:22; Isaiah 59:9; Isaiah 60:2; Jeremiah 13:16; Amos 5:18,20; Zephaniah 1:14-15; Matthew 8:12
10. 1 Samuel 17:47; Psalms 33:16-17; Zechariah 4:6

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1 Samuel 2:8-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 2

Cross References 10