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I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always. <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Then I will raise up a faithful priest who will serve me and do what I desire. I will establish his family, and they will be priests to my anointed kings forever. <a href="/esv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time. <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Then 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 walk before My anointed forever. <a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always. <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always. <a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always. <a href="/lsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him a faithful house, and he will walk before My anointed always. <a href="/amp/1_samuel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him a permanent and enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed forever. <a href="/csb/1_samuel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “ ‘Then I will raise up a faithful priest for myself. He will do whatever is in my heart and mind. I will establish a lasting dynasty for him, and he will walk before my anointed one for all time. <a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220 &#8216Then I will raise up a faithful priest for Myself. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. I will establish a lasting dynasty for him, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time. <a href="/asv/1_samuel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. <a href="/cev/1_samuel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I have chosen someone else to be my priest, someone who will be faithful and obey me. I will always let his family serve as priests and help my chosen king. <a href="/erv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_samuel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then I will appoint a faithful priest to serve me. He will do everything I want him to do. I will give him faithful descendants, and he will always live as my anointed one. <a href="/gnt/1_samuel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will choose a priest who will be faithful to me and do everything I want him to. I will give him descendants, who will always serve in the presence of my chosen king. <a href="/isv/1_samuel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> And I'll raise up for myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in my heart and according to my desire. I'll build for him an enduring house and he will walk before my anointed one forever. <a href="/msb/1_samuel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time. <a href="/net/1_samuel/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a secure dynasty and he will serve my chosen one for all time. <a href="/nheb/1_samuel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever. <a href="/wbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my Anointed for ever. <a href="/web/1_samuel/2.htm">World English Bible</a> I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and I have raised up a steadfast priest for Myself; he does as in My heart and in My soul; and I have built a steadfast house for him, and he has walked up and down before My anointed all the days; <a href="/ylt/1_samuel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and I have raised up for Me a stedfast priest; as in My heart and in My soul he doth do; and I have built for him a stedfast house, and he hath walked up and down before Mine anointed all the days; <a href="/slt/1_samuel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I raised up to me a faithful priest, as in my heart and in my soul he shall do: and I built to him a faithful house; and he went before my Messiah all the days.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_samuel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will raise me up a faithful priest, who shall do according to my heart, and my soul, and I will build him a faithful house, and he shall walk all days before my anointed. <a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will act in accord with my heart and my soul. And I will build a faithful house for him. And he will walk before my Christ for all days. <a href="/nabre/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Bible</a> I will choose a faithful priest who shall do what I have in heart and mind. I will establish a lasting house for him and he shall serve in the presence of my anointed forever. <a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will raise me up a faithful priest, according to the choice of my heart, who shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build him a sure house: and he shall walk before my anointed for ever. <a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall raise up for myself a Priest who is trusted as my heart, and he shall do according to that in my heart and in my soul, and I shall build for him a trustworthy house, and he shall walk before me, my Anointed One, all of his days<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_samuel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And I will raise Me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in My heart and in My mind; and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before Mine anointed for ever. <a href="/sep/1_samuel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will raise up to myself a faithful priest, who shall do all that is in my heart and in my soul; and I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before my Christ for ever. <a href="/parallel/1_samuel/2-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=700" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">A Prophecy Against the House of Eli</a> …34And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day. 35<a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: wa·hă·qî·mō·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">Then I will raise up</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">for Myself</a> <a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="539: ne·’ĕ·mān (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To confirm, support. ">a faithful</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hên (N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">priest.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He will do</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whatever</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: bil·ḇā·ḇî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">is in My heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ū·ḇə·nap̄·šî (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">and mind.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: ū·ḇā·nî·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">And I will build</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for him</a> <a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="539: ne·’ĕ·mān (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To confirm, support. ">an enduring</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ba·yiṯ (N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·hiṯ·hal·lēḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and he will walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê- (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/4899.htm" title="4899: mə·šî·ḥî (Adj-msc:: 1cs) -- Anointed. From mashach; anointed; usually a consecrated person; specifically, the Messiah.">My anointed one</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">for all time.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> 36And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.” ’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Hebrews 3:1-6</a> Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. / He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. / For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. ... <a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26-28</a> Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. / Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself. / For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever. <a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Hebrews 5:1-10</a> Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. / He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness. / That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. ... <a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">Hebrews 8:1-6</a> The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, / and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. / And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer. ... <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-14</a> But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. / For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, ... <a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Hebrews 10:11-14</a> Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. / But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. / Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet, ... <a href="/matthew/12-18.htm">Matthew 12:18</a> “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations. <a href="/acts/3-22.htm">Acts 3:22-23</a> For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. / Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’ <a href="/acts/13-22.htm">Acts 13:22-23</a> After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’ / From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised. <a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5-6</a> and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, / who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen. <a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9-10</a> And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. / You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.” <a href="/psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4</a> The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” <a href="/isaiah/42-1.htm">Isaiah 42:1</a> “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations. <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11</a> After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5-6</a> Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land. / In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed for ever.I will raise<a href="/1_kings/1-8.htm">1 Kings 1:8,45</a> But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah… <a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">1 Kings 2:35</a> And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.<a href="/1_chronicles/29-22.htm">1 Chronicles 29:22</a> And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.I will build<a href="/1_samuel/25-28.htm">1 Samuel 25:28</a> I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.<a href="/exodus/1-21.htm">Exodus 1:21</a> And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.<a href="/numbers/25-13.htm">Numbers 25:13</a> And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.mine<a href="/psalms/2-2.htm">Psalm 2:2</a> The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,<a href="/psalms/18-50.htm">Psalm 18:50</a> Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/1-22.htm">Always</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Build</a> <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Built</a> <a href="/joshua/6-13.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-9.htm">End</a> <a href="/numbers/24-21.htm">Enduring</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-23.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-11.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-28.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/ruth/4-10.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-23.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/judges/15-2.htm">Sure</a> <a href="/ruth/3-12.htm">True.</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/judges/11-16.htm">Walked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/7-17.htm">Always</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-1.htm">Anointed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-35.htm">Build</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-17.htm">Built</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-29.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-12.htm">End</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-28.htm">Enduring</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-12.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-13.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-36.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-19.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-26.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-5.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-10.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-5.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-7.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-24.htm">Sure</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-6.htm">True.</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm">Walked</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 2</div>1. <a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm">Hannah's song in thankfulness</a> 12. <a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">The sin of Eli's sons</a> 18. <a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">Samuel's ministry</a> 20. <a href="/1_samuel/2-20.htm">by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful</a> 22. <a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">Eli reproves his sons</a> 27. <a href="/1_samuel/2-27.htm">A prophecy against Eli's house</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. This phrase signifies God's intention to appoint a new priest who will be loyal and obedient to Him, contrasting with the unfaithfulness of Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas. Historically, this prophecy is fulfilled in Samuel, who serves as a faithful priest and prophet. It also foreshadows the priesthood of Zadok during King Solomon's reign, as Zadok's lineage remains faithful to God. Theologically, this points to the ultimate faithful priest, Jesus Christ, who perfectly fulfills the role of mediator between God and humanity.He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. This indicates that the faithful priest will align his actions with God's will, emphasizing obedience and submission to divine authority. In biblical context, this reflects the ideal relationship between God and His servants, where the priest acts according to God's desires rather than personal ambition. This is exemplified in Jesus, who consistently sought to do the Father's will, as seen in <a href="/john/5-30.htm">John 5:30</a> and <a href="/john/6-38.htm">John 6:38</a>.And I will build for him an enduring house, The promise of an enduring house suggests a lasting legacy or dynasty. In the immediate context, this can refer to the establishment of a stable priestly line, as seen with Zadok's descendants. Spiritually, it points to the eternal priesthood of Christ, whose kingdom and priesthood are everlasting, as described in <a href="/hebrews/7-24.htm">Hebrews 7:24-25</a>. The concept of a "house" also connects to the Davidic covenant, where God promises David an enduring dynasty, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus.and he will walk before My anointed one for all time. This phrase implies a close relationship between the faithful priest and God's anointed king. In the historical context, it refers to the priest serving alongside the king of Israel, such as Samuel with Saul and David, or Zadok with Solomon. Prophetically, it looks forward to the Messianic age, where Jesus, as both priest and king, fulfills this role perfectly. The term "anointed one" (Messiah) directly connects to Jesus Christ, who is the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/eli.htm">Eli</a> The high priest during the time of Samuel's birth, whose sons were corrupt and did not follow God's ways. 2. <a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a> A young boy dedicated to the Lord by his mother Hannah, who would later become a prophet and judge over Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/h/hophni_and_phinehas.htm">Hophni and Phinehas</a> The sons of Eli, known for their wickedness and disobedience to God's laws. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_faithful_priest.htm">The Faithful Priest</a> A prophetic reference to a future priest who would be faithful to God, often interpreted as a foreshadowing of both Samuel and ultimately Jesus Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_anointed_one.htm">God's Anointed One</a> Refers to the king of Israel, initially Saul, and later David, and ultimately pointing to Jesus as the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_service.htm">Faithfulness in Service</a> God values faithfulness and obedience in those who serve Him. We are called to align our actions with God's heart and mind. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> God is in control and will fulfill His promises, even when human leaders fail. Trust in His ultimate plan. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_jesus.htm">The Role of Jesus</a> Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of the faithful priest, serving as our mediator and high priest forever. <a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_impact.htm">Legacy and Impact</a> Our faithfulness can have a lasting impact, as seen in the promise of a firmly established house for the faithful priest. <a href="/topical/r/responding_to_god's_call.htm">Responding to God's Call</a> Like Samuel, we should be attentive and responsive to God's call in our lives, ready to serve Him faithfully.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 2</a> <a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_be_pharisaical.htm">Who was Abiathar in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_david's_faith_with_history.htm">How do we reconcile David's confidence in divine intervention (Psalm 5:3, 8) with known historical conflicts where God's protection was not apparent?</a> <a href="/q/where's_proof_of_god's_unchanging_love.htm">Where is the evidence of God's unchanging love, as questioned in Psalm 89:49, considering the apparent abandonment of David's dynasty and Israel's subsequent struggles?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_true_friendship_in_the_bible.htm">What is faith's role in overcoming life's challenges?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) A faithful priest.--Who here is alluded to by this "faithful priest," of whom such a noble life was predicted, and to whom such a glorious promise as that "he should walk before mine anointed for ever," was made? Many of the conditions are fairly fulfilled by Samuel, to whom naturally our thoughts at once turn. He occupies a foremost place in the long Jewish story, and immediately succeeded Eli in most of his important functions as the acknowledged chief of the religious and political life in Israel. He was also eminently and consistently faithful to his master and God during his whole life. Samuel, though a Levite, was not of the sons of Aaron; yet he seems, even in Eli's days, to have ministered as a priest before the Lord, the circumstances of his early connection with the sanctuary being exceptional. After Eli's death, when the regular exercise of the Levitical ritual and priesthood was suspended by the separation of the ark from the tabernacle, Samuel evidently occupied a priestly position, and we find him for a long period standing as mediator between Jehovah and His people, in sacrifice, prayer, and intercession, in the performance of which high offices his duty, after the solemn anointing of Saul as king, was to walk before the anointed of the Lord (Saul), while (to use the words of Von Gerlach, quoted by Erdmann), the Aaronic priesthood fell for a long time into such disrepute that it had to beg for honour and support from him (<a href="/1_samuel/2-36.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in your house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray you, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.">1Samuel 2:36</a>), and became dependent on the new order of things instituted by Samuel. (See Excursus C at the end of this Book.)The prediction "I will build him a sure house" is satisfied in the strong house and numerous posterity given to Samuel by God. His grandson Heman was "the king's seer in the words of God," and was placed by King David over the choir in the house of God. This eminent personage, Heman, had fourteen sons and three daughters (<a href="/1_chronicles/6-33.htm" title="And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,">1Chronicles 6:33</a>; <a href="/context/1_chronicles/25-4.htm" title="Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:">1Chronicles 25:4-5</a>).Samuel also fulfilled the prophecy "He shall walk before mine anointed for ever" in his close and intimate relation with King Saul, who we find, even after the faithful prophet's death--although the later acts of Saul had alienated the prophet from his sovereign--summoning the spirit of Samuel as the only one who was able to counsel and strengthen him (<a href="/1_samuel/28-15.htm" title="And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.">1Samuel 28:15</a>).Of the other interpretations, that of Rashi and Abarbanel, and many of the moderns, which supposes the reference to be Zadok, of the house of Eleazar, who, in the reign of Solomon, superseded Abiathar, of the house of Ithamar (the ancestor of Eli), alone fairly satisfies most of the different predictions, but we are met with this insurmountable difficulty at the outset--Can we assume that the comparatively unknown Zadok, after the lapse of so many years, was pointed out by the magnificent promises contained in the words of the "man of God" to Eli? The words of the "man of God" surely indicate a far greater one than any high priest of the time of Solomon. In the golden days of this magnificent king, the high priest, overshadowed by the splendour and power of the sovereign, was a very subordinate figure indeed in Israel; but the subject of this prophecy was one evidently destined to hold no secondary and inferior position. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 35. - I will raise me up a faithful priest. This prophecy is explained in three several ways, of Samuel, of Zadok, and of Christ. St. Augustine, who considers the whole passage at length in his 'De Civ. Dei,' 17:5, argues that it cannot be reasonably said that a change in the priesthood foretold with so great circumstance was fulfilled in Samuel. But while we grant that it was an essential characteristic of Jewish prophecy to be ever larger than the immediate fulfilment, yet its primary meaning must never be slurred over, as if it were a question of slight importance. By the largeness of its terms, the grandeur of the hopes it inspired, and the incompleteness of their immediate accomplishment, the Jews were taught to look ever onward, and so became a Messianic people. Granting then that Christ and his Church are the object and end of this and of all prophecy, the question narrows itself to this - In whom was this prediction of a faithful priest primarily fulfilled? We answer, Not in Zadok, but in Samuel. Zadok was a commonplace personage, of whom little or nothing is said after the time that he joined David with a powerful contingent (<a href="/1_chronicles/12-28.htm">1 Chronicles 12:28</a>). Samuel is the one person in Jewish history who approaches the high rank of Moses, Israel's founder (<a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1</a>). The argument that he was a Levite, and not a priest, takes too narrow and technical a view of the matter; for the essence of the priesthood lies not in the offering of sacrifice, but in mediation. Sacrifice is but an accident, being the appointed method by which the priest was to mediate between God and man. As a matter of fact, Samuel often did discharge priestly functions (<a href="/1_samuel/7-9.htm">1 Samuel 7:9, 17</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/13-8.htm">1 Samuel 13:8</a>, where we find Saul reproved for invading Samuel's office; 1 Samuel 16:2), and it is a point to be kept in mind that the regular priests disappear from Jewish history for about fifty years after the slaughter of themselves, their wives, and families at Shiloh; for it is not until Saul's time that Ahiah, the great-grandson of Eli, appears, as once again ministering at the altar (<a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm">1 Samuel 14:3</a>). The calamity that overtook the nation at the end of Eli's reign was so terrible that all ordinary ministrations seem to have been in abeyance. We are even expressly told that after the recovery of the ark it was placed in the house of Abinadab at Kirjath-jearim in Judaea, and that for twenty years his son Eleazar, though a Levite only, ministered there before it by no regular consecration, but by the appointment of the men of that town. During this time, though Ahitub, Ahiah's father, was probably high priest nominally, yet nothing is said of him, and all the higher functions of the office were exercised by Samuel. Instead of the Urim and Thummim, he as prophet was the direct representative of the theocratic king. Subsequently this great duty was once again discharged by Abiathar as priest, and then a mighty change was made, and the prophets with the living voice of inspiration took the place of the priest with the ephod. For this is a far more important matter than even the fact that Samuel performed the higher functions of the priesthood. With him a new order of things began. Prophecy, from being spasmodic and irregular, became an established institution, and took its place side by side with the priesthood in preparing for Christ's advent, and in forming the Jewish nation to be the evangelisers of the world. The prediction of this organic change followed the rule of all prophecy in taking its verbal form and expression from what was then existent. Just as the gospel dispensation is always described under figures taken from the Jewish Church and commonwealth, so Samuel, as the founder of the prophetic schools, and of the new order of things which resulted from them, is described to Eli under terms taken from his priestly office. He was a "faithful priest," and much more, just as our Lord was a "prophet like unto Moses" (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Deuteronomy 18:15</a>), and a "King set upon the holy hill of Zion" (<a href="/psalms/2-6.htm">Psalm 2:6</a>), but in a far higher sense than any would have supposed at the time when these prophecies were spoken. As regards the specific terms of the prophecy, "the building of a sure house" (<a href="/1_samuel/25-28.htm">1 Samuel 25:28</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/7-11.htm">2 Samuel 7:11</a>; <a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">1 Kings 2:24</a>; <a href="/1_kings/11-38.htm">1 Kings 11:38</a>; <a href="/isaiah/32-18.htm">Isaiah 32:18</a>) is a metaphor expressive of assured prosperity. The mass of the Israelites dwelt in tents (<a href="/2_samuel/11-11.htm">2 Samuel 11:11</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/20-1.htm">2 Samuel 20:1</a>, etc.; <a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">1 Kings 12:16</a>), and to have a fixed and permanent dwelling was a mark of greatness. From such passages as <a href="/1_kings/2-24.htm">1 Kings 2:24</a>; <a href="/1_kings/11-38.htm">1 Kings 11:38</a>, it is plain that the idea of founding a family is not contained in the expression. As a matter of fact, Samuel's family was prosperous, and his grandson Heman had high rank in David's court and numerous issue (<a href="/1_chronicles/25-5.htm">1 Chronicles 25:5</a>). Probably too the men of Ramah, who with the men of the Levite town of Gaba made up a total of 621 persons (<a href="/nehemiah/7-30.htm">Nehemiah 7:30</a>), represented the descendants of Samuel at the return from Babylon. Nevertheless, the contrast is between the migratory, life in tents and the ease and security of a solid and firm abode, and the terms of the promise are abundantly fulfilled in Samuel's personal greatness. In the promise, "he shall walk before mine anointed forever," there is the same outlook upon the office of king, as if already in existence, which we observed in Hannah's hymn (<a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">1 Samuel 2:10</a>). Apparently the expectation that Jehovah was about to anoint, i.e. consecrate, for them some one to represent him in civil matters and war, as the high priest represented him in things spiritual, had taken possession of the minds of the people. It had been clearly promised them, and regulations for the office made (<a href="/deuteronomy/17-14.htm">Deuteronomy 17:14-20</a>); and it was to be Samuel's office to fulfil this wish, and all his life through he held a post of high dignity in the kingdom. But the promise has also a definite meaning as regards the prophets, in whom Samuel lived on. For St. Augnstine's error was in taking Samuel simply in his personal relations, whereas he is the representative of the whole prophetic order (<a href="/acts/3-24.htm">Acts 3:24</a>). They were his successors in his work, and continued to be the recognised mediators to declare to king and people the will of Jehovah, who was the supreme authority in both Church and state; and in political matters they were the appointed check upon the otherwise absolute power of the kings, with whose appointment their own formal organisation exactly coincided. From Samuel's time prophet and king walked together till the waiting period began which immediately preceded the nativity of Christ. <a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/2-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then I will raise up וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י (wa·hă·qî·mō·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand for Myself לִי֙ (lî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> a faithful נֶאֱמָ֔ן (ne·’ĕ·mān) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> To confirm, support priest. כֹּהֵ֣ן (kō·hên) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest He will do יַעֲשֶׂ֑ה (ya·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make whatever כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that is in My heart בִּלְבָבִ֥י (bil·ḇā·ḇî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> Inner man, mind, will, heart and mind. וּבְנַפְשִׁ֖י (ū·ḇə·nap̄·šî) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion And I will build וּבָנִ֤יתִי (ū·ḇā·nî·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build for him לוֹ֙ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> an enduring נֶאֱמָ֔ן (ne·’ĕ·mān) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> To confirm, support house, בַּ֣יִת (ba·yiṯ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house and he will walk וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ‪‬ (wə·hṯ·hal·lêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk before לִפְנֵֽי־ (lip̄·nê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face My anointed one מְשִׁיחִ֖י (mə·šî·ḥî) Adjective - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4899.htm">Strong's 4899: </a> Anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah for all time. כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-35.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 2:35 I will raise me up a faithful (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/2-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/2-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>