A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 2 1 Samuel 2:1-11 _Hannah's song._ This grand passage in the Old Testament finds a parallel best in Mary's Magnificat in Luke 1:46-55. Both women must have spoken as they were moved by the Spirit of God, and both were expressing their heartfelt thanks for God's blessings in the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hannah's Song of Solomon 2:1-11_ 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. 2 _There is_ none holy as the Lord: for _there is_ none besides thee: neither _is there_... [ Continue Reading ]
2. The Childhood of Samuel, 1 Samuel 2:12 to 1 Samuel 3:21. _Eli's sinful sons._ 1 Samuel 2:12-17 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. 13 And the priests-' custom with the people _was, that,_ when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh... [ Continue Reading ]
_Samuel's service in the Tabernacle._ 1 Samuel 2:18-26 18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord, _being_ a child, girded 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 up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 2... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prophecy against Eli's wicked sons._ 1 Samuel 2:27-35 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel _to be_ my p... [ Continue Reading ]