1Samuel:2
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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 y @
shuw #
ah #.
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There is none holy as the LORD :
for there is none beside thee :
neither is there any rock like our God .
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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 de #
ah #,
and by him actions are weighed .
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The bows of the mighty men are broken ,
and they that stumbled are girded with strength .
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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 killeth ,
and maketh alive :
he bringeth down to the grave sh @#
owl #,
and bringeth up .
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The LORD maketh poor ,
and maketh rich :
he bringeth low ,
and lifteth up .
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He 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 LORDS ,
and he hath set the world upon them .
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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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The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces ;
out of heaven shall he thunder upon them :
the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth ;
and he shall give strength unto his king ,
and exalt the horn of his anointed .
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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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Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial b @
liya #
al #;
they knew not the LORD .
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And the priests custom with the people was ,
that ,
when any man offered sacrifice ,
the priests servant came ,
while the flesh was in seething ,
with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand ;
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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 .
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Also before they burnt the fat ,
the priests 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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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 .
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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 na #
ar #,
girded with a linen ephod .
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Moreover his mother made him a little coat m @#
iyl #,
and brought it to him from year to year ,
when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice .
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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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And the LORD visited Hannah ,
so that she conceived ,
and bare three sons and two daughters .
And the child Samuel grew before the LORD .
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Now Eli was very old ,
and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel Yisra #
el #;
and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation mow #
ed #.
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And he said unto them ,
Why do ye such things ?
for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people .
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Nay ,
my sons ;
for it is no good report that I hear :
ye make the LORDS people to transgress .
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If one man sin against another ,
the judge shall judge him :
but if a man sin against the LORD ,
who shall intreat for him ?
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father ,
because the LORD would slay them .
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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 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 Pharaohs house ?
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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 ofthe children of Israel Yisra #
el #?
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Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering ,
which I have commanded in my habitation ma #
own #;
and honourest thy sons above me ,
to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people ?
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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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Behold ,
the days come ,
that I will cut off thine arm ,
and the arm of thy fathers house ,
that there shall not be an old man in thine house .
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And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation ma #
own #,
in all the wealth which God shall give Israel Yisra #
el #:
and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever .
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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 .
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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 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 .
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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 .