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1 And Hannah prayed, and
said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth
is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2 There is none holy as the LORD:
for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our
God.
3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not
arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and
by him actions are weighed.
4 The bows of the mighty men are
broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
5 They that were full have hired
out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the
barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he
bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich:
he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and
lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and
to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are
the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.
9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and
the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be
broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge
the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the
horn of his anointed.
11 And Elkanah went to Ramah
to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of
Belial; they knew not the LORD.
13 And the priests’ custom with the
people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant
came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his
hand;
14 And he struck it into the pan,
or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took
for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
15 Also before they burnt the fat, the
priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to
roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
16 And if any man said unto him,
Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much
as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it
me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was
very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being
a child, girded with a linen ephod.
19 Moreover his mother made him a little
coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her
husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife,
and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to
the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that
she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew
before the LORD.
22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all
that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that
assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such
things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good
report that I hear: ye make the LORD’S people to transgress.
25 If one man sin against another, the
judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for
him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because
the LORD would slay them.
26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was
in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
27 And there came a man of
God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto
the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
28 And did I choose him out of all the
tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn
incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father
all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and
at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest
thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings
of Israel my people?
30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith,
I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk
before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that
honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut
off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an
old man in thine house.
32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my
habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and
there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
33 And the man of thine, whom I
shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to
grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower
of their age.
34 And this shall be a sign unto
thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they
shall die both of them.
35 And I will raise me up a faithful
priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine
heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk
before mine anointed for ever.
36 And it shall come to pass, that
every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a
piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into
one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
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