2:1 And
Hannah
prayed
and
said,
"My
heart
exults
in
the
LORD;
my
strength
is
exalted
in
the
LORD.
My
mouth
derides
my
enemies,
because
I
rejoice
in
your
salvation.
2:2 "There
is
none
holy
like
the
LORD;
there
is
none
besides
you;
there
is
no
rock
like
our
God.
2:3 Talk
no
more
so
very
proudly,
let
not
arrogance
come
from
your
mouth;
for
the
LORD
is
a
God
of
knowledge,
and
by
him
actions
are
weighed.
2:4 The
bows
of
the
mighty
are
broken,
but
the
feeble
bind
on
strength.
2:5 Those
who
were
full
have
hired
themselves
out
for
bread,
but
those
who
were
hungry
have
ceased
to
hunger.
The
barren
has
borne
seven,
but
she
who
has
many
children
is
forlorn.
2:6 The
LORD
kills
and
brings
to
life;
he
brings
down
to
Sheol
and
raises
up.
2:7 The
LORD
makes
poor
and
makes
rich;
he
brings
low
and
he
exalts.
2:8 He
raises
up
the
poor
from
the
dust;
he
lifts
the
needy
from
the
ash
heap
to
make
them
sit
with
princes
and
inherit
a
seat
of
honor.
For
the
pillars
of
the
earth
are
the
LORD's,
and
on
them
he
has
set
the
world.
2:9 "He
will
guard
the
feet
of
his
faithful
ones,
but
the
wicked
shall
be
cut
off
in
darkness,
for
not
by
might
shall
a
man
prevail.
2:10 The
adversaries
of
the
LORD
shall
be
broken
to
pieces;
against
them
he
will
thunder
in
heaven.
The
LORD
will
judge
the
ends
of
the
earth;
he
will
give
strength
to
his
king
and
exalt
the
power
of
his
anointed."
2:11 Then
Elkanah
went
home
to
Ramah.
And
the
boy
ministered
to
the
LORD
in
the
presence
of
Eli
the
priest.
2:12 Now
the
sons
of
Eli
were
worthless
men.
They
did
not
know
the
LORD.
2:13 The
custom
of
the
priests
with
the
people
was
that
when
any
man
offered
sacrifice,
the
priest's
servant
would
come,
while
the
meat
was
boiling,
with
a
three-pronged
fork
in
his
hand,
2:14 and
he
would
thrust
it
into
the
pan
or
kettle
or
cauldron
or
pot.
All
that
the
fork
brought
up
the
priest
would
take
for
himself.
This
is
what
they
did
at
Shiloh
to
all
the
Israelites
who
came
there.
2:15 Moreover,
before
the
fat
was
burned,
the
priest's
servant
would
come
and
say
to
the
man
who
was
sacrificing,
"Give
meat
for
the
priest
to
roast,
for
he
will
not
accept
boiled
meat
from
you
but
only
raw."
2:16 And
if
the
man
said
to
him,
"Let
them
burn
the
fat
first,
and
then
take
as
much
as
you
wish,"
he
would
say,
"No,
you
must
give
it
now,
and
if
not,
I
will
take
it
by
force."
2:17 Thus
the
sin
of
the
young
men
was
very
great
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD,
for
the
men
treated
the
offering
of
the
LORD
with
contempt.
2:18 Samuel
was
ministering
before
the
LORD,
a
boy
clothed
with
a
linen
ephod.
2:19 And
his
mother
used
to
make
for
him
a
little
robe
and
take
it
to
him
each
year
when
she
went
up
with
her
husband
to
offer
the
yearly
sacrifice.
2:20 Then
Eli
would
bless
Elkanah
and
his
wife,
and
say,
"May
the
LORD
give
you
children
by
this
woman
for
the
petition
she
asked
of
the
LORD."
So
then
they
would
return
to
their
home.
2:21 Indeed
the
LORD
visited
Hannah,
and
she
conceived
and
bore
three
sons
and
two
daughters.
And
the
young
man
Samuel
grew
in
the
presence
of
the
LORD.
2:22 Now
Eli
was
very
old,
and
he
kept
hearing
all
that
his
sons
were
doing
to
all
Israel,
and
how
they
lay
with
the
women
who
were
serving
at
the
entrance
to
the
tent
of
meeting.
2:23 And
he
said
to
them,
"Why
do
you
do
such
things
For
I
hear
of
your
evil
dealings
from
all
the
people.
2:24 No,
my
sons;
it
is
no
good
report
that
I
hear
the
people
of
the
LORD
spreading
abroad.
2:25 If
someone
sins
against
a
man,
God
will
mediate
for
him,
but
if
someone
sins
against
the
LORD,
who
can
intercede
for
him"
But
they
would
not
listen
to
the
voice
of
their
father,
for
it
was
the
will
of
the
LORD
to
put
them
to
death.
2:26 Now
the
young
man
Samuel
continued
to
grow
both
in
stature
and
in
favor
with
the
LORD
and
also
with
man.
2:27 And
there
came
a
man
of
God
to
Eli
and
said
to
him,
"Thus
the
LORD
has
said,
'Did
I
indeed
reveal
myself
to
the
house
of
your
father
when
they
were
in
Egypt
subject
to
the
house
of
Pharaoh
2:28 Did
I
choose
him
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
be
my
priest,
to
go
up
to
my
altar,
to
burn
incense,
to
wear
an
ephod
before
me
I
gave
to
the
house
of
your
father
all
my
offerings
by
fire
from
the
people
of
Israel.
2:29 Why
then
do
you
scorn
my
sacrifices
and
my
offerings
that
I
commanded,
and
honor
your
sons
above
me
by
fattening
yourselves
on
the
choicest
parts
of
every
offering
of
my
people
Israel'
2:30 Therefore
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
declares:
'I
promised
that
your
house
and
the
house
of
your
father
should
go
in
and
out
before
me
forever,'
but
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.
2:31 Behold,
the
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.
2:32 Then
in
distress
you
will
look
with
envious
eye
on
all
the
prosperity
that
shall
be
bestowed
on
Israel,
and
there
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in
your
house
forever.
2:33 The
only
one
of
you
whom
I
shall
not
cut
off
from
my
altar
shall
be
spared
to
weep
his
eyes
out
to
grieve
his
heart,
and
all
the
descendants
of
your
house
shall
die
by
the
sword
of
men.
2:34 And
this
that
shall
come
upon
your
two
sons,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
shall
be
the
sign
to
you:
both
of
them
shall
die
on
the
same
day.
2:35 And
I
will
raise
up
for
myself
a
faithful
priest,
who
shall
do
according
to
what
is
in
my
heart
and
in
my
mind.
And
I
will
build
him
a
sure
house,
and
he
shall
go
in
and
out
before
my
anointed
forever.
2:36 And
everyone
who
is
left
in
your
house
shall
come
to
implore
him
for
a
piece
of
silver
or
a
loaf
of
bread
and
shall
say,
"Please
put
me
in
one
of
the
priests'
places,
that
I
may
eat
a
morsel
of
bread."'"