I Samuel 2:3
King James Version (1769) with Strongs Numbers and Morphology
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. |
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Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. |
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They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. |
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The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. |
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He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. |
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And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. |
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And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; |
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Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. |
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Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. |
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¶But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. |
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¶And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. |
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¶Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. |
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Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress. |
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And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. |
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And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? |
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Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. |
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And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. |
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And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. |
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And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. |