1 Samuel 2:1-2

Hannah’s Prayer

1 Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn^[a] is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.

2 “There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

1 Samuel 2:1-2 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. Luke 1:46-55
• 2. Psalms 13:5">Ps Psalms 13:5; Psalms 33:21; Zechariah 10:7; Psalms 9:14; Psalms 13:5
• 3. Psalms 18:2; Psalms 89:17,24; Psalms 92:10; Psalms 148:14; Isaiah 12:2-3
• 4. Psalms 6:8
• 5. S Numbers 10:35; Psalms 6:10
• 6. S Exodus 15:11; S Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 19:2
• 7. S Exodus 8:10; Isaiah 40:25; Isaiah 46:5
• 8. S Genesis 49:24; S Exodus 33:22; Deuteronomy 32:37; Deuteronomy 32:30-31; 2 Samuel 22:2,32; 2 Samuel 23:3; Psalms 31:3; Psalms 71:3

Footnotes

• [a]. "Horn" here symbolizes strength; also in verse 10.