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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Hannah&#8217;s Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Hannah prayed and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">&#8220;My heart rejoices in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my horn</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength; also in verse 10.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is lifted high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">My mouth boasts over my enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"><span class="content">for I delight in your deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;There is no one holy like the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"><span class="content">there is no one besides you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"><span class="content">there is no Rock like our God.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not keep talking so proudly</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="content">or let your mouth speak such arrogance,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a God who knows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"><span class="content">and by him deeds are weighed.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.2.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;The bows of the warriors are broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.2.4"><span class="content">but those who stumbled are armed with strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.2.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who were full hire themselves out for food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="content">but those who were hungry are hungry no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="content">She who was barren has borne seven children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"><span class="content">but she who has had many sons pines away.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.2.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brings death and makes alive;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.2.6"><span class="content">he brings down to the grave and raises up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sends poverty and wealth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.2.7"><span class="content">he humbles and he exalts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He raises the poor from the dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">and lifts the needy from the ash heap;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">he seats them with princes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">and has them inherit a throne of honor.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">&#8220;For the foundations of the earth are the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"><span class="content">on them he has set the world.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"><span class="content">but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not by strength that one prevails;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">those who oppose the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"><span class="content">The Most High will thunder from heaven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will judge the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"><span class="content">&#8220;He will give strength to his king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"><span class="content">and exalt the horn of his anointed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> under Eli the priest.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Eli&#8217;s Wicked Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Eli&#8217;s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest&#8217;s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being boiled </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and would plunge the fork into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But even before the fat was burned, the priest&#8217;s servant would come and say to the person who was sacrificing, &#8220;Give the priest some meat to roast; he won&#8217;t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.2.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If the person said to him, &#8220;Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,&#8221; the servant would answer, &#8220;No, hand it over now; if you don&#8217;t, I&#8217;ll take it by force.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This sin of the young men was very great in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s sight, for they</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">people</span></span></span><span class="content"> were treating the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s offering with contempt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But Samuel was ministering before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;a boy wearing a linen ephod. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, &#8220;May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:20 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">and asked from</span></span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221; Then they would go home. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So he said to them, &#8220;Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people is not good. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">If one person sins against another, God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the judges</span></span></span><span class="content"> may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who will intercede for them?&#8221; His sons, however, did not listen to their father&#8217;s rebuke, for it was the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s will to put them to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.2.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and with people.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prophecy Against the House of Eli</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1SA.2.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1SA.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor&#8217;s family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1SA.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I chose your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your ancestor&#8217;s family all the food offerings presented by the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Why do you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:29 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1SA.2.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1SA.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, declares: &#8216;I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.&#8217; But now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> declares: &#8216;Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1SA.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1SA.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1SA.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1SA.2.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1SA.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you&#8212;they will both die on the same day. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1SA.2.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1SA.2.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and plead, &#8220;Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat.&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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