CHAPTER I.

Hannah having borne Samuel, presenteth him to the LORD.

NOW there was a certain man of

Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, a the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite :

2 And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

3 And this man went up out of his city 1 yearly b to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

4 T And when the time was that Elkanah offered, c he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

5 But unto Hannah he gave a 2 worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: butd the LORD had shut up her womb.

6 And her adversary also 3 provoked here sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

7 And as he did so year by year, 4 when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not

eat.

B. C. 1171. indeed h look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid 6 a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor k come upon his head.

1 from year to year.

b Ex.23.14.

Luke 2.41.

c De. 12.5-7.

2 or, double.

d Ge.30.2. 3 angered.

e Job 24.21.

4 from her going up, or, from the time that she went.

f Ru.4.15.

bitter of. 5 Ju.11.30.

h 2Sa. 16. 12.

i Ge.30.22.

12 And it came to pass, as she 7 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 that she had been drunken.

14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman 8 of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my 9 complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace and the God of Israel 6 seed of men.grant m thee thy petition that thou Nu.6.5. hast asked of him.

multiplied

to pray. 8 hard of spirit.

I Ps.62.8.

18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, n and her countenance was no more sud.

19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah : and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife and the LORD remembered o her.

10 in revolu-10 when the time was come about tion of days after Hannah had conceived, that 11 that is, she bare a son, and called his name 11 Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

20 Wherefore it came to pass,

asked of God.

21 And the man Elkanah, and all

Hannah's song.

The sin of Eli's sons.

22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Dog what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only r the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephali of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

p Luke 2.22.

9 Nu.30.7. r 2Sa.7.25.

s Phi.đ.6.
t Ps. 145.18,

19.

12 or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition, to the LORD. 13 or, he

whom I
have ob-
tained by
petition,
shall be
returned.

(CHAP. 2). a Lu. 1.46,&c. b Ps.112.8,9. c Ps. 13.5.

27 For this child I prayed; s and td Ex. 15.11. the LORD hath given me my peti-e De.32.31. tion which I asked of him:

1 hard.

28 Therefore also I have 12 lent f Ps.94.4. him to the LORD; as long as he liveth 13 he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

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CHAPTER II.

g Je.17.10.

ક

h Ps.37.15,17. i Ps. 113.9.

k De.32.39.

1 Hannah's song in thankfulness. 1 Job 1.21. 12 The sin of Eli's sons.

ND Hannah prayed, and said, a

A My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, m Ps.75.7. mine horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice c in thy salvation.

Dan.4.17.

o Ps. 102.25.

Ps.2.9.

2 There d is none holy as the P Ps. 121.3. LORD: for there is none beside thee: Ec.9.11. neither is there any rocke like ourr Ex. 15.6. God. 3 Talk no more so exceedings Ps. 18. 13,14. proudly; let f not 1 arrogancy comet Ps.96.13. out of your mouth for the LORD 9 u Ps.89.24. is a God of knowledge, and by him v Jer.22.16. actions are weighed.

4 The bows h of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they x Ge. 13.13. that were hungry ceased: so that y Mal.2.8. the i barren hath borne seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

6 The LORD killeth, & and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

7 The LORD i maketh poor, and

z Ex.28.4. a ch.1.3. 3 or, petition which she asked.

and lifteth up.

8 He n raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set o the world upon them.

9 He will keep the feet p of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken r to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunders upon them the LORD shall judget the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt u the horn of his anointed.

11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

12 T Now the sons of Eli were the LORD. sons of Belial; they knew not v

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 flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook 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 w 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 2 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, 1 will take it by force.

17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before x the LORD: for men abhorred y the offering of the LORD.

18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded z with a linen ephod.

19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came a up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

20 T And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the 3 loan which is lent to the

Eli reproveth his sons.

6

by troops,
Ex.38.8.

evil
or,
words of
you.

or, cry out.

c Nu. 15.30.

Ps.51.4,16. d 1Ti.2.5. Heb.7.25.

e Jos. 11.20. f Pr.3.4.

Luke 2.52.

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear 5 of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress, 25 If one man sin against another, & Ex.4.14,27. the judge shall judge him but if |h Ex:28. 1,4. a man sin against c the LORD, who di Le.7.7,8,34. shall entreat for him? Nothwithstanding, they hearkened not unto

Nu.5.9,10. 18.8-19.

the voice of their father, because ek De.32.15. the LORD would slay them.

26 And the child Samuel grew on, 1 Ex.29.9. and was in favour both ƒ with them Je. 18.9,10. LORD, and also with men.

n Ps.91.14. Pr.3.9,10.

o Mal.2.8,9.

27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appearg unto the house of thy fa-P IKI.2.27, ther, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

out of

28 And did I choose him 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 i unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

35.

7 or, the affliction of

the taber-
nacle, for
all the
wealth
which God
would
have given
Israel.

8 men.

29 Wherefore kick k ye at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, q ch.4.11. to make yourselves fat with ther Eze.44. 15, chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

30 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 m the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them n that honour me I will honour, and they that despise o mne shall be lightly esteemed.

31 Behold, the days p come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

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.

9 Join.

16.

10 or, somewhat about the priest hood.

(CHAP. 3.)

a Ps.74.9.

bEx.27.20,21.

or,

Thus

did Samuel before he knew the LORD,

and before

the word of the LORD was revealed unto him.

God speaketh to Samuer

| 33 And the man of thine, whom ! 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 8 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 q both of

them.

35 Andr 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.

36 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, 2 Put me, I pray thee, into 10 one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

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CHAPTER III.

How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel.

the child Samuel minis

tered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word a of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

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 b of God went out 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 1: for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here am 1; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.

7 1 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

Samuel's vision.

e

Jer. 19.3.

or, And I will tell. Iƒ Eze.7.3.

11 TAnd the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at whichd 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 e concerning his house: 2 when I begin, I also will make an end. 13 3 For I have told him that will judge f his house for ever for g ch.2.12,23, the iniquity which he knoweth; &c. because his sons g made themselves 4 vile, and he 5 restrained them not. 14 Ánd therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged h with sacrifice nor offering | for ever.

4or,accursed.

5 frowned not upon them.

h

Nu. 15.30.

Ps.51.16. Is.22.14. He. 10.4-10.

15 T And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Sa-i Ru. 1.17. muel feared to shew Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee?

7

1 pray thee hide it not from me: God i do so to thee, and 6 more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 18 And Samuel told him & every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It k is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. 19 And Samuel grew, and the 19¶ LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was 9 established to be a prophet of the LORD.

21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

1

6 so add.
or, word.

8 all the
things, or,
words.

k Job 1.21. Ps.39.9. Is.39 8.

I ch.9.6. or, faithful

1

(CHAP. 4.)

was, or,

came to

pass.

2 the battle was spread. 3 the array.

A take unto

a 2Sam.6.2. Ps.80.1. b Ex.25.18,

22.

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

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, Wo unto us! for there hath not been such a thing 5 heretofore.

8 Wo 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 wilderness.

9 Be c strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as d they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

10 T And the Philistines fought, and Israele was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

11 And the ark of God was taken; f and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, 7 were slain.

12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth g upou his head.

died.

out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and c 1Co. 16. 13. the Philistines pitched in Aphek. d Ju. 13.1. 2 And the Philistines put them-6 le men. selves in array against Israel and e Ps.78.60-64. when 2 they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: fch.2.34. and they slew of 3 the army in the field about four thousand men. 3 T And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the h Ps.26.8. LORD smitten us to day before the 8 stood. Philistines? Let us 4 fetch the ark M2

g Jos.7.6.

2Sa. 15.32.

Job 2.12.

273

14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes 8 were dim, that he could not see.

I

16 And the man said unto Eli, am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army

18

Eli's death.

And he said, What is there done,| B. C. 1141. my son?

the thing.

17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before thei ch.2.32. Philistines, and there hath been also & He seems a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark i of God is taken.

to have
been a

judge to do
justice
only, and
that in
South-west
Israel.

10 or, cry out.
11 were
turned.
1 Ge.35. 17.

18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And k he had judged Israel forty years. 19 T And his daughter-in-law, Phi-12 set not her nehas' wife, was with child, near to 10 be delivered: and when she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains 11 came upon her.

20 And about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she answered not, 12 neither did she regard it.

heart.

131. e. where

is the
glory ?
or, there is
no glory.
m Ps.78.61.
106.20.
Jer.2.11.

n Hos.9.12.
(CHAP. 5.)
Ju. 16.23.

a ch.7.12.

1 Ch.10.10. c İs. 19.1.

21 And she named the child 13 Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the arkd of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

46.1,2,7. Jer.50.2. Eze.6.4.6. Mi. 1.7. 1 or, fishy part.

22 And she said, The glory m is departed from n Israel: for the arke ver.7.11. of God is taken.

CHAPTER V.

The ark is brought into Ashdod, and

set in the house of Dagon.

ND the Philistines took the ark

Ex.9.3.

Ps.32.4. Ac. 13.11.

f De.28.27.

Ps.78.66.

A of God, and brought it from a g ch.7.13.

Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

2 When the Philistines took the

12.15.

De.2.15.

ark of God, they brought it into the h 2K1.1.2.

7 "And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore, and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

9 And it was so, that after they had carried it about, the g hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron.h And it came to pass as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to 2 us, to slay us and our people.

11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay 3 us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very i heavy there.

12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and thek cry of the city went up to heaven.

CHAPTER VI.

The Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark.

the country of the Philistines seven months.

2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, a saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith b we shall send it to his place.

3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; c but in any wise return him a trespass offering: d then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why e his hand is not removed from you.

4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which ye shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number ƒ of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on 1you all, and g on your lords.