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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/1.htm" title="1 Samuel 1">◄</a> 1 Samuel 2 <a href="../1_samuel/3.htm" title="1 Samuel 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Hannah’s Prayer</span></h3><p class="chapter-1"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Hannah prayed and said,</span></p><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text">“My heart exults in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">my strength is exalted in my God.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7242a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="text">My mouth derides my enemies,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because I rejoice in my<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7242b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> victory.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>“There is no Holy One like the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">no one besides you;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">there is no Rock like our God.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Talk no more so very proudly,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">let not arrogance come from your mouth;</span></span><br /><span class="text">for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is a God of knowledge,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and by him actions are weighed.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>The bows of the mighty are broken,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the feeble gird on strength.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but those who were hungry are fat with spoil.</span></span><br /><span class="text">The barren has borne seven,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but she who has many children is forlorn.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> kills and brings to life;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he brings down to Sheol and raises up.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> makes poor and makes rich;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he brings low, he also exalts.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>He raises up the poor from the dust;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he lifts the needy from the ash heap,</span></span><br /><span class="text">to make them sit with princes</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and inherit a seat of honor.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7249c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="text">For the pillars of the earth are the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>’s,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and on them he has set the world.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for not by might does one prevail.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>! His adversaries shall be shattered;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the Most High<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7251d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> will thunder in heaven.</span></span><br /><span class="text">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> will judge the ends of the earth;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he will give strength to his king,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and exalt the power of his anointed.”</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Eli’s Wicked Sons</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, while the boy remained to minister to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, in the presence of the priest Eli.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>or for the duties of the priests to the people. When anyone offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>and he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7255e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>Moreover, before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the one who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first, and then take whatever you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now; if not, I will take it by force.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>; for they treated the offerings of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> with contempt.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Child Samuel at Shiloh</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Samuel was ministering before the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, a boy wearing a linen ephod. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>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. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> repay<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7261f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> you with children by this woman for the gift that she made to<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7261g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>”; and then they would return to their home.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>And<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7262h" title="See footnote h">h</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote h">h</a>]</span> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> took note of Hannah; she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Prophecy against Eli’s Household</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>Now Eli was very old. He heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear the people of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> spreading abroad. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>If one person sins against another, someone can intercede for the sinner with the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7266i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote i">i</a>]</span> but if someone sins against the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, who can make intercession?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father; for it was the will of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> to kill them.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> and with the people.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> has said, ‘I revealed<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7268j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote j">j</a>]</span> myself to the family of your ancestor in Egypt when they were slaves<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7268k" title="See footnote k">k</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote k">k</a>]</span> to the house of Pharaoh. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to offer incense, to wear an ephod before me; and I gave to the family of your ancestor all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Why then look with greedy eye<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7270l" title="See footnote l">l</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote l">l</a>]</span> at my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded, and honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>Therefore the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever’; but now the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor’s family, so that no one in your family will live to old age. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>Then in distress you will look with greedy eye<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7273m" title="See footnote m">m</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote m">m</a>]</span> on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed upon Israel; and no one in your family shall ever live to old age. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7274n" title="See footnote n">n</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote n">n</a>]</span> eyes and grieve his<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7274o" title="See footnote o">o</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote o">o</a>]</span> heart; all the members of your household shall die by the sword.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-7274p" title="See footnote p">p</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote p">p</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>The fate of your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you—both of them shall die on the same day. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">35</span>I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed one forever. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">36</span>Everyone who is left in your family 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 priest’s places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.’”</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:1">1 Samuel 2:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span></i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:1">1 Samuel 2:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms: MT <i>your</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:8">1 Samuel 2:8</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk (Compare Q Ms) adds <i>He grants the vow of the one who vows, and blesses the years of the just</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:10">1 Samuel 2:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn Heb <i>against him he</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:14">1 Samuel 2:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Syr Vg: Heb <i>with it</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:20">1 Samuel 2:20</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms Gk: MT <i>give</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:20">1 Samuel 2:20</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms Gk: MT <i>for the petition that she asked of</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:21">1 Samuel 2:21</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms Gk: MT <i>When</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:25">1 Samuel 2:25</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Compare Q Ms: MT <i>another, God will mediate for him</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:27">1 Samuel 2:27</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Tg Syr: Heb <i>Did I reveal</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:27">1 Samuel 2:27</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms Gk: MT lacks <i>slaves</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:29">1 Samuel 2:29</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms Gk: MT <i>then kick</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:32">1 Samuel 2:32</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms Gk: MT <i>will kick</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:33">1 Samuel 2:33</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms Gk: MT <i>your</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:33">1 Samuel 2:33</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms Gk: Heb <i>your</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to 1 Samuel 2:33">1 Samuel 2:33</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Q Ms See Gk: MT <i>die like mortals</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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