The First Book of SAMUEL, Otherwise called, The First Book of the KINGS. CHAP. I. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to 1 Elkanah a Levite, having two wives, worshippeth yearly at her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why Shiloh. 4 He cherisheth Hannah, though barren, and pro voked by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in grief prayeth for a eatest thou not? and why is thy heart child. 12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesseth her. grieved? am not I better to thee than ten i 19 Hannah having born Samuel, stayeth at home til! he be weaned. 24 She presenteth him, according to her vow, to sons ? the LORD. [BEFORE CHRIST 1171.] NOW there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite : b 2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the ther Peninnah and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. 6 And her adversary also 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. m 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed " look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and oremember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but will give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and P there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 And it came to pass, as she "continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart ; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt provoked thou be drunken? put away thy wine from her sore, for to make her fret, because the thee. LORD had shut up her womb. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, 7 And as he did so year by year, when my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful he went up to the house of the LORD, so spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor she provoked her; therefore she wept, and strong drink, but have poured out my did not eat. 41 x Num. 1.7, y Matt. 1. 4, &c. h Or, Salmah. z 1 Chron. 2. 15. Matt. 1. 6. CHAP. I. a 1 Chron. 6. 27, 34. b Ruth 1. 2. a Heb. from year to year. d Deut. 12. 5, 6, 7. e Josh. 18. 1. f Deut. 12. 17, 18. & c Ex. 23. 14. Deut. 16. 16. Luke 2. 16 11. b Or, a double portion. g Gen 30. 2. From the time that she, &c. e Heb. from her going up, i Ruth 4. 15. kch 3.3. 1Job c Heb. angered her. h Job 24. 21. d Or, soul before the LORD. 7. 11. & 10. 1. f Heb. bitter of soul. 2 Sam. 17. 8. The birth of Samuel. r 16 Count not thine handmaid for a soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that daughter of Belial for out of the stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 8 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, "Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman *went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. 19 ¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ra mah and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, 'when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name " Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. 8 P He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and te make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, as thy and he hath set the world upon them. brought Deut 13. 13. Or, meditation. s Judg. 18. 6. Mark 5. 34. Luke 7. 50. & 8. 48. 4,5 Gen. 33. 15. Ruth 2. 13. x Eccles. 9. 7. y Gen. 4. 1. z Gen. 30. 22. b Luke 2. 22. t Ps. 1 Heb. c ver. 11, in revolution of days. m That is, asked of God. a ver. 3. m ver. r 13. 5. & 20. 5. & 35. 9. CHAP. II. a Phil. 4. 6. b See Luke 1. 46, &c. c Ps. 92. 10. & 112. 9. d Ps. 9. 14. & e Ex. 15. 11. Deut. 3. 24. & 32. 4. Ps. 86. 8. & 89. 6, 8. f Deut. g Ps. 94. 4. Mal. 3. 13. Jude 15. a Heb. hard. h Ps. 37. 15, 17, & 76. 3. i Ps. 34. 10. Luke 1. 53. k Ps. 113. 9. 1 Isai. 54. 1. Jer. 15. 9. in Deut. 32, 39 Job 5. 18. Hos. 6. 1. Tob. 13. 2. Wis. 16. 13. n Job 1. 21. o Ps. 75. 7. p Ps. 113. 7, 8. Dan. 4. 17. Luke 1. 52. q Job 36. 7. Job 38. 4, 5, 6. P■. 24. 2. & 102 25. & 104. 5 Heb. 1. 3 339 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. k Eli reproveth his sons 20 ¶ 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. m 21 And the LORD " visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. n 22 ¶ Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that "as12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of sembled at the door of the tabernacle of Belial; they knew not the LORD. the congregation. b 13 And the priest's 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; с 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 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. 16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. e 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. 18 ¶ & But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, "girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a lit- 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice tle coat, and brought it to him from year and at mine offering, which I have comto year, when she came up with her hus-manded in my a habitation; and honourest band to offer the yearly sacrifice. thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat i Ps. 91. 11. & 121. 3. t Ps. 2. 9. uch. 7. 10. Ps. 18. 13. x Ps. 96, 13. & 98. 9. y Ps. 89. 24. z ver. 18. ch. 3. 1. a Deut. 13. 13 b Judg. 2. 10. Jer. 22. 16. Rom. 1. 28. c See 1 Esd. 1. 12. d Lev. 3. 3, 4, 5, 16. b Heo. as on the day. e Gen. 6. 11. f Mal. 2.8. ver. 11. h Ex. 28. 4. 2 Sam 6. 14. ich. 1. 3. k Gen. 14. 19. c Or, petition which he asked, &c. I ch. 1. 28. m Gen. 21. I. n ver. 6. ch. 3. 19. Judg. 13. 24. Luke 1 80 a & 2. 40. o See Exod. 38. 8. d Heb. assembled by troops. e Or, I hear evil words of you. f Or, to cry out. p Num. 15. 30. q Josh. 11. 20. Prov. 15. 10. r ver. 21 Prov. 3, 4 Luke 2. 52. Acts 2. 47. Rom. 14. 18. t 1 Kings 13. 1. u Ex. 4. 14, 27. x Ex. 28. 1, 4 Num. 16. 5. & 18. 1, 7. y Lev. 2, 3, 10. & 6. 16. & 7. 7, 8, 34, 35 10. 14, 15. Num. 5. a 10 & 18.8-19 z Deut. 32. 15. à Deut. 12, 5, 6. g 32 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. 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 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. How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel. 11 God telleth Samuel the destruction of Eli's house. 15 Samuel, though loth, telleth Eli the vision 19 Samuel groweth in credit. [BEFORE CHRIST 1165.] AND the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. · Ex. 298 e Jer. 18. 9, 10. d Ps. 18. 20. & 91.14. e Mal. 2. 9. f1 Kings 2. 27. Ezek. 44. 14 See ch. 4. 11, 18, 20. & 14. 3. & 22. 18, &c. for all the wealth which God would have given Israel. gOr, the affliction of the tabernacle, See Zech. 8. 4. h Heb. men. Kings 13.3 ich. 4.11. k 1 Kings 2. 35. 1 Chron. 29. 22. Ezek. 44. 15. 11 Kings 11. 38. m Ps. 2. 2 & 18. 50 what about the priesthood n 1 Kings 2.27, illeb Join. k Or, some 1 2 Sam. 7. e first revealed to Samuel. с 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3 And ere the lamp of God went ou in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. el. 6 And the LORD called yet again, SamuAnd Samuel arose and went to Eli, said, Here am I; for thou didst call And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. and me. 7 "Now Samuel 'did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. 11 ¶ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken_concerning his house: when I begin, I wil also make an end. b 13 For I have told him that I will b Ps. 74. 9. Amos 8. 11. See ver. 21. c Gen. 27. 1. & 48. 10. CHAP. III. a ch. 2. 11. ch, 2. 22. & 4. 15. d Ex. 27. 21. Lev. 24. 3. 2 Chron. 13. 11. e ch. 1.9. a Or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the LORD, and before the word of the LORD was revealed unt g2 Kings 21. 12. Jer. 19. 3. h ch. 2. 30-36. b Hob. beginning and ending c Or, And I will tell him, &c. ich. 2. 29, 30, 31, &c him. f See Acts 19. 2. by the Philistines. C 2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. e 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. с 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilder ness. 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not ser e AND the word of Samuel" came to all vants unto the Hebrews, as they have Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. a k Ezek. 7. 3. & 18. 30. 1 ch. 2. 12, 17, 22. d Or, accursed. e Heb. frowned not upon them. m ch. 2. 23, 25. n Num. 15. 30. 31. Isaj. 22. 14. o Ruth 1. 17. f Heb. so add. gor, word A Heb. all the things, or words. p Job 1. 21. & 2. 10. Psal. 39. 9. Isai. 39. . r Gen. 39. 2, 21, 23. s ch. 9. 6. t Judg. 20. 1. i Or, faithful. u ver. 1, 4. R ch. 2 been to you: g quit yourselves like men, 10 And the Philistines fought, and 'Israel was smitten, and they fled every CHAP. IV. a Or, came to pass. b Heb. was. a ch. 5. 1. & 7. 12. c Heb. the battle was spread. d Heb. the array. e Heb. take unto us. b 2 Sam. 6. 2. Psal. 80. 1. & 99. 1 c Exod. 25. 18, 22. Num. 7. 89. f Heb. yesterday, or the third day. d 1 Cor. 16. 13 e Judg. 13. 1. g Heb. bc men. f ver. Lev. 26. 17. Deut. 28. 25. Ps. 78. 9, 62. |