1 Samuel 2:6-10

6 “The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

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;

10 those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

1 Samuel 2:6-10 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.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 32:39
• 2. Isaiah 26:19; Ezekiel 37:3,12
• 3. S Deuteronomy 8:18
• 4. Job 5:11; Job 40:12; Psalms 75:7; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 22:19; Daniel 4:37
• 5. Psalms 113:7-8
• 6. James 2:5
• 7. 1 Kings 16:2
• 8. Psalms 72:12; Psalms 107:41; Psalms 145:14; Psalms 146:8; S Matthew 23:12
• 9. 2 Samuel 7:8; Job 36:7; Isaiah 22:23; Ezekiel 21:26
• 10. Job 15:7; Job 38:4; Psalms 104:5; Proverbs 8:29; Isaiah 40:12; Jeremiah 10:12
• 11. Psalms 91:12; Psalms 121:3; Proverbs 3:26
• 12. Proverbs 2:8
• 13. 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
• 14. 1 Samuel 17:47; Psalms 33:16-17; Zechariah 4:6
• 15. S Exodus 15:6; Psalms 2:9
• 16. S Exodus 19:16; 1 Samuel 7:10; 1 Samuel 12:17; 2 Samuel 22:14; Job 37:4,5; Job 38:1; Psalms 18:13; Psalms 29:3; Isaiah 66:6
• 17. Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Matthew 25:31-32
• 18. Psalms 18:1; Psalms 21:1; Psalms 59:16
• 19. S Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalms 89:24; S Luke 1:69