1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.stylusLuke 1:46, Luke 1:56, Luke 1:46, Luke 1:56, Psalms 13:52There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.stylus2 Samuel 22:32, 2 Samuel 22:32, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:6, Psalms 86:83Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.stylusProverbs 8:13, 1 Kings 8:39, Proverbs 8:13, 1 Kings 8:39, Proverbs 24:124The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.stylusPsalms 76:3, Psalms 37:15, Psalms 76:3, Psalms 37:15, Psalms 46:95The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.stylusPsalms 113:9, Luke 1:53, Psalms 113:9, Luke 1:53, Jeremiah 15:96The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.stylusDeuteronomy 32:39, Deuteronomy 32:39, Isaiah 26:19, Isaiah 26:19, 2 Kings 5:77The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.stylusPsalms 75:7, Psalms 75:7, Job 5:11, Job 5:11, Deuteronomy 8:178He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.stylusPsalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Daniel 2:489He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.stylusPsalms 121:3, Psalms 121:3, Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:17, Psalms 91:1110Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”stylusPsalms 2:9, Psalms 2:9, Psalms 89:24, Psalms 89:24, Exodus 15:611Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.stylus1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 1:2812Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORDstylusRomans 1:28, Romans 1:30, Romans 1:28, Romans 1:30, Jeremiah 2:813or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boilingstylusLeviticus 7:29, Leviticus 7:34, Leviticus 7:29, Leviticus 7:3414and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.stylus1 Samuel 2:29, Leviticus 7:34, Exodus 29:27, Exodus 29:28, Isaiah 56:1115Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”stylusLeviticus 3:16, Leviticus 3:16, Leviticus 3:3, Leviticus 3:5, Romans 16:1816And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”stylusLeviticus 7:23, Leviticus 7:25, Leviticus 7:23, Leviticus 7:25, Leviticus 3:1617Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.stylusMalachi 2:7, Malachi 2:9, Malachi 2:7, Malachi 2:9, Malachi 2:1318Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.stylusExodus 28:4, 1 Samuel 3:1, Exodus 28:4, 1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Samuel 2:1119Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.stylus1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:21, 1 Samuel 1:21, Exodus 23:1420And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.stylus1 Samuel 1:27, 1 Samuel 1:28, 1 Samuel 1:27, 1 Samuel 1:28, Luke 2:3421So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.stylusGenesis 21:1, Luke 2:40, Genesis 21:1, Luke 2:40, 1 Samuel 3:1922Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.stylusExodus 38:8, Exodus 38:8, 1 Samuel 2:13, 1 Samuel 2:17, 1 Samuel 2:1323“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.stylusActs 9:4, 1 Kings 1:6, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 3:3, Acts 14:1524No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.stylusExodus 32:21, 1 Samuel 2:17, 2 Peter 2:18, Malachi 2:8, 1 Timothy 3:725If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.stylusHebrews 10:26, 1 Samuel 3:14, Joshua 11:20, Hebrews 10:26, 1 Samuel 3:1426And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.stylusLuke 2:52, Luke 2:52, Luke 2:40, Luke 2:40, 1 Samuel 2:2127Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?stylus1 Kings 13:1, Deuteronomy 33:1, Judges 13:6, Exodus 4:14, Exodus 4:1628And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the offerings of the Israelites made by fire.stylusExodus 28:1, Exodus 28:1, Leviticus 8:7, Leviticus 8:8, Leviticus 8:729Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’stylusMatthew 10:37, Matthew 10:37, Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:15, 1 Samuel 2:1330Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.stylusJohn 12:26, John 12:26, Jeremiah 18:9, Jeremiah 18:10, Jeremiah 18:931Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.stylus1 Samuel 22:17, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:17, 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 4:232You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.stylusZechariah 8:4, Zechariah 8:4, Psalms 78:59, Psalms 78:64, 1 Samuel 4:1133And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.stylus1 Kings 2:26, 1 Kings 2:27, 1 Kings 2:26, 1 Kings 2:27, 1 Kings 1:1934And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.stylus1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Kings 13:3, 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Kings 13:3, 1 Samuel 4:1735Then 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.stylus2 Samuel 7:27, 2 Samuel 7:27, 2 Samuel 7:11, 1 Kings 11:38, 2 Samuel 7:1136And 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.”’”stylus1 Kings 2:27, 1 Kings 2:27, Malachi 1:13, Ezekiel 44:10, Ezekiel 44:12
