ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 2
1. And Hannah[H2584] prayed[H6419], and said[H559]: My heart[H3820] exulteth[H5970] in Jehovah[H3068]; My horn[H7161] is exalted[H7311] in Jehovah[H3068]; My mouth[H6310] is enlarged[H7337] over mine enemies[H341]; Because I rejoice[H8055] in thy salvation[H3444].
2. There is none holy[H6918] as Jehovah[H3068]; For there is none besides[H1115] thee[H6697], Neither is there any rock like our God[H430].
3. Talk[H1696] no more[H7235] so exceeding[H1364] proudly[H1364]; Let not arrogancy[H6277] come[H3318] out of your mouth[H6310]; For Jehovah[H3068] is a God[H410] of knowledge[H1844], And by him actions[H5949] are weighed[H8505].
4. The bows[H7198] of the mighty men[H1368] are broken[H2844]; And they that stumbled[H3782] are girded[H247] with strength[H2428].
5. They that were full[H7649] have hired out[H7936] themselves for bread[H3899]; And they that were hungry[H7457] have ceased[H2308] to hunger[H6135]: Yea, the barren hath borne[H3205] seven[H7651]; And she that hath many[H7227] children[H1121] languisheth[H535].
6. Jehovah[H3068] killeth[H4191], and maketh alive[H2421]: He bringeth down[H3381] to Sheol[H7585], and bringeth up[H5927].
7. Jehovah[H3068] maketh poor[H3423], and maketh rich[H6238]: He bringeth low[H8213], he also[H637] lifteth up[H7311].
8. He raiseth up[H6965] the poor[H1800] out of the dust[H6083], He lifteth up[H7311] the needy[H34] from the dunghill[H830], To make them sit[H3427] with princes[H5081], And inherit[H5157] the throne[H3678] of glory[H3519]: For the pillars[H4690] of the earth[H776] are Jehovah[H3068]'s, And he hath set[H7896] the world upon them[H8398].
9. He will keep[H8104] the feet[H7272] of his holy ones[H2623]; But the wicked[H7563] shall be put to silence[H1826] in darkness[H2822]; For by strength[H3581] shall no man[H376] prevail[H1396].
10. They that strive[H7378] with Jehovah[H3068] shall be broken to pieces[H2865]; Against them will he thunder[H7481] in heaven[H8064]: Jehovah[H3068] will judge[H1777] the ends[H657] of the earth[H776]; And he will give[H5414] strength[H5797] unto his king[H4428], And exalt[H7311] the horn[H7161] of his anointed[H4899].
11. And Elkanah[H511] went[H3212] to Ramah[H7414] to his house[H1004]. And the child[H5288] did[H1961] minister[H8334] unto Jehovah[H3068] before[H6440] Eli[H5941] the priest[H3548].
12. Now the sons[H1121] of Eli[H5941] were base[H1100] men[H1121]; they knew[H3045] not Jehovah[H3068].
13. And the custom[H4941] of the priests[H3548] with the people[H5971] was[H376], that, when any man offered[H2076] sacrifice[H2077], the priest[H3548]'s servant[H5288] came[H935], while the flesh[H1320] was boiling[H1310], with a flesh-hook[H4207] of three[H7969] teeth[H8127] in his hand[H3027];
14. and he struck[H5221] it into the pan[H3595], or kettle[H1731], or caldron[H7037], or pot[H6517]; all that the flesh-hook[H4207] brought up[H5927] the priest[H3548] took[H3947] therewith[H6213]. So they did in Shiloh[H7887] unto all the Israelites[H3478] that came thither[H935].
15. Yea[H6999], before they burnt the fat[H2459], the priest[H3548]'s servant[H5288] came[H935], and said[H559] to the man[H376] that sacrificed[H2076], Give[H5414] flesh[H1320] to roast[H6740] for the priest[H3548]; for he will not have[H3947] boiled[H1310] flesh[H1320] of thee[H2416], but raw.
16. And if the man[H376] said[H559] unto him[H6999], They will surely burn[H6999] the fat[H2459] first[H3117], and then take[H3947] as much as thy soul[H5315] desireth[H183]; then he would say[H559], Nay[H5414], but thou shalt give it me now[H3947]: and if not, I will take it by force[H2394].
17. And the sin[H2403] of the young men[H5288] was very[H3966] great[H1419] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]; for the men[H582] despised[H5006] the offering[H4503] of Jehovah[H3068].
18. But Samuel[H8050] ministered[H8334] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], being a child[H5288], girded[H2296] with a linen[H906] ephod[H646].
19. Moreover his mother[H517] made[H6213] him a little[H6996] robe[H4598], and brought[H5927] it to him from year[H3117] to year[H3117], when she came up[H5927] with her husband[H376] to offer[H2076] the yearly[H3117] sacrifice[H2077].
20. And Eli[H5941] blessed[H1288] Elkanah[H511] and his wife[H802], and said[H559], Jehovah[H3068] give[H7760] thee seed[H2233] of this woman[H802] for the petition[H7596] which was asked[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068]. And they went[H1980] unto their own home[H4725].
21. And[H3588] Jehovah[H3068] visited[H6485] Hannah[H2584], and she conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] three[H7969] sons[H1121] and two[H8147] daughters[H1323]. And the child[H5288] Samuel[H8050] grew[H1431] before[H5973] Jehovah[H3068].
22. Now Eli[H5941] was very[H3966] old[H2204]; and he heard[H8085] all that his sons[H1121] did[H6213] unto all Israel[H3478], and how that they lay[H7901] with the women[H802] that did service[H6633] at the door[H6607] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150].
23. And he said[H559] unto them[H6213], Why do ye such things[H1697]? for I hear[H8085] of your evil[H7451] dealings[H1697] from all this people[H5971].
24. Nay[H1121], my sons; for it is no good[H2896] report[H8052] that I hear[H8085]: ye make Jehovah[H3068]'s people[H5971] to transgress[H5674].
25. If one man[H376] sin[H2398] against another[H376], God[H430] shall judge[H6419] him[H376]; but if a man sin[H2398] against Jehovah[H3068], who shall entreat[H6419] for him[H8085]? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice[H6963] of their father[H1], because Jehovah[H3068] was minded[H2654] to slay them[H4191].
26. And the child[H5288] Samuel[H8050] grew[H1432] on[H1980], and increased in favor[H2896] both with Jehovah[H3068], and also with men[H582].
27. And there came[H935] a man[H376] of God[H430] unto Eli[H5941], and said[H559] unto him[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068], Did I reveal[H1540] myself[H1540] unto the house[H1004] of thy father[H1], when they were in Egypt[H4714] in bondage to Pharaoh[H6547]'s house[H1004]?
28. and did I choose[H977] him out of all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] to be my priest[H3548], to go[H5927] up unto mine altar[H4196], to burn[H6999] incense[H7004], to wear[H5375] an ephod[H646] before[H6440] me[H5414]? and did I give unto the house[H1004] of thy father[H1] all the offerings of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] made by fire[H801]?
29. Wherefore kick[H1163] ye at my sacrifice[H2077] and at mine offering[H4503], which I have commanded[H6680] in my habitation[H4583], and honorest[H3513] thy sons[H1121] above me[H1254], to make yourselves fat with the chiefest[H7225] of all the offerings[H4503] of Israel[H3478] my people[H5971]?
30. Therefore Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], saith[H5002], I said[H559] indeed[H559] that thy house[H1004], and the house[H1004] of thy father[H1], should walk[H1980] before[H6440] me for[H5704] ever[H5769]: but now Jehovah[H3068] saith[H5002], Be it far from me[H2486]; for them that honor[H3513] me I will honor[H3513], and they that despise[H959] me shall be lightly esteemed[H7043].
31. Behold[H3117], the days come[H935], that I will cut off[H1438] thine arm[H2220], and the arm[H2220] of thy father[H1]'s house[H1004], that there shall not be an old man[H2205] in thy house[H1004].
32. And thou shalt behold[H5027] the affliction[H6862] of my habitation[H4583], in all the wealth which God shall give[H3190] Israel[H3478]; and there shall not be an old man[H2205] in thy house[H1004] for ever[H3117].
33. And the man[H376] of thine[H3772], whom I shall not cut off from mine altar[H4196], shall be to consume[H3615] thine eyes[H5869], and to grieve[H109] thy heart[H5315]; and all the increase[H4768] of thy house[H1004] shall die[H4191] in the flower of their age[H582].
34. And this shall be the sign[H226] unto thee[H935], that shall come upon thy two[H8147] sons[H1121], on Hophni[H2652] and Phinehas[H6372]: in one[H259] day[H3117] they shall die[H4191] both of them[H8147].
35. And I will raise me up[H6965] a faithful[H539] priest[H3548], that shall do[H6213] according to that which is in my heart[H3824] and in my mind[H5315]: and I will build[H1129] him a sure[H539] house[H1004]; and he shall walk[H1980] before[H6440] mine anointed[H4899] for ever[H3117].
36. And it shall come to pass[H3498], that every one that is left in thy house[H1004] shall come[H935] and bow down[H7812] to him for a piece[H95] of silver[H3701] and a loaf[H3603] of bread[H3899], and shall say[H559], Put[H5596] me[H259], I pray thee, into one of the priests[H3550]' offices, that I may eat[H398] a morsel[H6595] of bread[H3899].
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