1 Samuel 2:34-35

34 'This will be ¹the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: ²on the same day both of them will die.

35 'But ³I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and ⁴I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before ⁵My anointed always *.

1 Samuel 2:34-35 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. 1 Samuel 10:7-9; 1 Kings 13:3
• 2. 1 Samuel 4:11, 17
• 3. 1 Samuel 3:1; 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Samuel 9:12, 13
• 4. 1 Samuel 8:3-5; 1 Samuel 25:28; 2 Samuel 7:11, 27; 1 Kings 11:38
• 5. 1 Samuel 10:9, 10; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 16:13