1 Samuel 2:30-32

30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ¹'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,'²but now the LORD declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

31 Behold, ³the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

32 Then ⁴in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, ⁵and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

1 Samuel 2:30-32 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. Exodus 27:21; Exodus 29:9
• 2. [Jeremiah 18:9, 10]
• 3. 1 Kings 2:27; [1 Samuel 4:11, 18, 20; 1 Samuel 22:18, 19]
• 4. 1 Samuel 4:11; [Judges 18:30]; See Psalms 78:59-64
• 5. [Zechariah 8:4]