And Hannah{H2584} prayed,{H6419} and said:{H559} My heart{H3820} exulteth{H5970} in Jehovah;{H3068} My horn{H7161} is exalted{H7311} in Jehovah;{H3068} My mouth{H6310} is enlarged{H7337} over mine enemies;{H341} Because I rejoice{H8055} in thy salvation.{H3444}

There is none holy{H6918} as Jehovah;{H3068} For there is none besides{H1115} thee, Neither is there any rock{H6697} like our God.{H430}

Talk{H1696} no more{H7235} so exceeding{H1364} proudly;{H1364} Let not arrogancy{H6277} come{H3318} out of your mouth;{H6310} For Jehovah{H3068} is a God{H410} of knowledge,{H1844} And by him actions{H5949} are weighed.{H8505}

The bows{H7198} of the mighty men{H1368} are broken;{H2844} And they that stumbled{H3782} are girded{H247} with strength.{H2428}

They that were full{H7649} have hired out{H7936} themselves for bread;{H3899} And they that were hungry{H7457} have ceased{H2308} [to hunger]: Yea, the barren{H6135} hath borne{H3205} seven;{H7651} And she that hath many{H7227} children{H1121} languisheth.{H535}

Jehovah{H3068} killeth,{H4191} and maketh alive:{H2421} He bringeth down{H3381} to Sheol,{H7585} and bringeth up.{H5927}

Jehovah{H3068} maketh poor,{H3423} and maketh rich:{H6238} He bringeth low,{H8213} he also{H637} lifteth up.{H7311}

He raiseth up{H6965} the poor{H1800} out of the dust,{H6083} He lifteth up{H7311} the needy{H34} from the dunghill,{H830} To make them sit{H3427} with princes,{H5081} And inherit{H5157} the throne{H3678} of glory:{H3519} For the pillars{H4690} of the earth{H776} are Jehovah's,{H3068} And he hath set{H7896} the world{H8398} upon them.

He will keep{H8104} the feet{H7272} of his holy ones;{H2623} But the wicked{H7563} shall be put to silence{H1826} in darkness;{H2822} For by strength{H3581} shall no man{H376} prevail.{H1396}

They that strive{H7378} with Jehovah{H3068} shall be broken to pieces;{H2865} Against them will he thunder{H7481} in heaven:{H8064} Jehovah{H3068} will judge{H1777} the ends{H657} of the earth;{H776} And he will give{H5414} strength{H5797} unto his king,{H4428} And exalt{H7311} the horn{H7161} of his anointed.{H4899}

And Elkanah{H511} went{H3212} to Ramah{H7414} to his house.{H1004} And the child{H5288} did{H1961} minister{H8334} unto Jehovah{H3068} before{H6440} Eli{H5941} the priest.{H3548}

Now the sons{H1121} of Eli{H5941} were base{H1100} men;{H1121} they knew{H3045} not Jehovah.{H3068}

And the custom{H4941} of the priests{H3548} with the people{H5971} was, that, when any man{H376} offered{H2076} sacrifice,{H2077} the priest's{H3548} servant{H5288} came,{H935} while the flesh{H1320} was boiling,{H1310} with a flesh-hook{H4207} of three{H7969} teeth{H8127} in his hand;{H3027}

and he struck{H5221} it into the pan,{H3595} or kettle,{H1731} or caldron,{H7037} or pot;{H6517} all that the flesh-hook{H4207} brought up{H5927} the priest{H3548} took{H3947} therewith. So they did{H6213} in Shiloh{H7887} unto all the Israelites{H3478} that came{H935} thither.

Yea, before they burnt{H6999} the fat,{H2459} the priest's{H3548} servant{H5288} came,{H935} and said{H559} to the man{H376} that sacrificed,{H2076} Give{H5414} flesh{H1320} to roast{H6740} for the priest;{H3548} for he will not have{H3947} boiled{H1310} flesh{H1320} of thee, but raw.{H2416}

And if the man{H376} said{H559} unto him, They will surely{H6999} burn{H6999} the fat{H2459} first,{H3117} and then take{H3947} as much as thy soul{H5315} desireth;{H183} then he would say,{H559} Nay, but thou shalt give{H5414} it me now: and if not, I will take{H3947} it by force.{H2394}

And the sin{H2403} of the young men{H5288} was very{H3966} great{H1419} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068} for the men{H582} despised{H5006} the offering{H4503} of Jehovah.{H3068}

But Samuel{H8050} ministered{H8334} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} being a child,{H5288} girded{H2296} with a linen{H906} ephod.{H646}

Moreover his mother{H517} made{H6213} him a little{H6996} robe,{H4598} and brought{H5927} it to him from year{H3117} to year,{H3117} when she came up{H5927} with her husband{H376} to offer{H2076} the yearly{H3117} sacrifice.{H2077}

And Eli{H5941} blessed{H1288} Elkanah{H511} and his wife,{H802} and said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} give{H7760} thee seed{H2233} of this woman{H802} for the petition{H7596} which was asked{H7592} of Jehovah.{H3068} And they went{H1980} unto their own home.{H4725}

And{H3588} Jehovah{H3068} visited{H6485} Hannah,{H2584} and she conceived,{H2029} and bare{H3205} three{H7969} sons{H1121} and two{H8147} daughters.{H1323} And the child{H5288} Samuel{H8050} grew{H1431} before{H5973} Jehovah.{H3068}

Now Eli{H5941} was very{H3966} old;{H2204} and he heard{H8085} all that his sons{H1121} did{H6213} unto all Israel,{H3478} and how that they lay{H7901} with the women{H802} that did service{H6633} at the door{H6607} of the tent{H168} of meeting.{H4150}

And he said{H559} unto them, Why do{H6213} ye such things?{H1697} for I hear{H8085} of your evil{H7451} dealings{H1697} from all this people.{H5971}

Nay, my sons;{H1121} for it is no good{H2896} report{H8052} that I hear:{H8085} ye make Jehovah's{H3068} people{H5971} to transgress.{H5674}

If one man{H376} sin{H2398} against another,{H376} God{H430} shall judge{H6419} him; but if a man{H376} sin{H2398} against Jehovah,{H3068} who shall entreat{H6419} for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened{H8085} not unto the voice{H6963} of their father,{H1} because Jehovah{H3068} was minded{H2654} to slay{H4191} them.

And the child{H5288} Samuel{H8050} grew{H1432} on,{H1980} and increased in favor{H2896} both with Jehovah,{H3068} and also with men.{H582}

And there came{H935} a man{H376} of God{H430} unto Eli,{H5941} and said{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Did I reveal{H1540} myself{H1540} unto the house{H1004} of thy father,{H1} when they were in Egypt{H4714} in bondage to Pharaoh's{H6547} house?{H1004}

and did I choose{H977} him out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to be my priest,{H3548} to go{H5927} up unto mine altar,{H4196} to burn{H6999} incense,{H7004} to wear{H5375} an ephod{H646} before{H6440} me? and did I give{H5414} unto the house{H1004} of thy father{H1} all the offerings of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} made by fire?{H801}

Wherefore kick{H1163} ye at my sacrifice{H2077} and at mine offering,{H4503} which I have commanded{H6680} in my habitation,{H4583} and honorest{H3513} thy sons{H1121} above me, to make yourselves fat{H1254} with the chiefest{H7225} of all the offerings{H4503} of Israel{H3478} my people?{H5971}

Therefore Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} saith,{H5002} I said{H559} indeed{H559} that thy house,{H1004} and the house{H1004} of thy father,{H1} should walk{H1980} before{H6440} me for{H5704} ever:{H5769} but now Jehovah{H3068} saith,{H5002} Be it far from me;{H2486} for them that honor{H3513} me I will honor,{H3513} and they that despise{H959} me shall be lightly esteemed.{H7043}

Behold, the days{H3117} come,{H935} that I will cut off{H1438} thine arm,{H2220} and the arm{H2220} of thy father's{H1} house,{H1004} that there shall not be an old man{H2205} in thy house.{H1004}

And thou shalt behold{H5027} the affliction{H6862} of [my] habitation,{H4583} in all the wealth which [God] shall give{H3190} Israel;{H3478} and there shall not be an old man{H2205} in thy house{H1004} for ever.{H3117}

And the man{H376} of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off{H3772} from mine altar,{H4196} [shall be] to consume{H3615} thine eyes,{H5869} and to grieve{H109} thy heart;{H5315} and all the increase{H4768} of thy house{H1004} shall die{H4191} in the flower of their age.{H582}

And this shall be the sign{H226} unto thee, that shall come{H935} upon thy two{H8147} sons,{H1121} on Hophni{H2652} and Phinehas:{H6372} in one{H259} day{H3117} they shall die{H4191} both{H8147} of them.

And I will raise me up{H6965} a faithful{H539} priest,{H3548} that shall do{H6213} according to that which is in my heart{H3824} and in my mind:{H5315} and I will build{H1129} him a sure{H539} house;{H1004} and he shall walk{H1980} before{H6440} mine anointed{H4899} for ever.{H3117}

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left{H3498} in thy house{H1004} shall come{H935} and bow down{H7812} to him for a piece{H95} of silver{H3701} and a loaf{H3603} of bread,{H3899} and shall say,{H559} Put{H5596} me, I pray thee, into one{H259} of the priests' offices,{H3550} that I may eat{H398} a morsel{H6595} of bread.{H3899}