Samuel, a Son from God

1 Samuel 1:21-2:11, 18-26

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1 Samuel 1:21 Now her husband Elkanah ascended with his entire house, so that he might immolate to the Lord a solemn sacrifice, with his vow.

1 Samuel 1:22 But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, “I will not go, until the infant has been weaned, and until I may lead him, so that he may appear before the sight of the Lord, and may remain always there.”

1 Samuel 1:23 And her husband Elkanah said to her: “Do what seems good to you, and stay until you wean him. And I pray that the Lord may fulfill his word.” Therefore, the woman remained at home, and she breastfed her son, until she withdrew him from milk.

1 Samuel 1:24 And after she had weaned him, she brought him with her, along with three calves, and three measures of flour, and a small bottle of wine, and she led him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. But the boy was still a young child.

1 Samuel 1:25 And they immolated a calf, and they presented the boy to Eli.

1 Samuel 1:26 And Hannah said: “I beg you, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord: I am that woman, who stood before you here, praying to the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:27 I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted to me my petition, which I asked of him.

1 Samuel 1:28 Because of this, I have also lent him to the Lord, for all the days when he shall be lent to the Lord.” And they adored the Lord in that place. And Hannah prayed, and she said:

1 Samuel 2:1 “My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation.

1 Samuel 2:2 Nothing is holy as the Lord is holy. For there is no other beside you. And nothing is strong as our God is strong.

1 Samuel 2:3 Do not continue speaking of great things, boasting. Let what is old depart from your mouth. For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and thoughts are prepared for him.

1 Samuel 2:4 The bow of the powerful has been overwhelmed, and the weak have been girded with strength.

1 Samuel 2:5 Those who before were filled, have hired themselves out for bread. And the starving have been filled, so that the barren have given birth to many. But she who had borne many sons has become unable.

1 Samuel 2:6 The Lord brings death, and he gives life. He leads away to death, and he brings back again.

1 Samuel 2:7 The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.

1 Samuel 2:8 He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.

1 Samuel 2:9 He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.

1 Samuel 2:10 The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ.”

1 Samuel 2:11 And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, the priest.

1 Samuel 2:18 But Samuel was ministering before the face of the Lord; he was a youth girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 2:19 And his mother fashioned a little tunic for him, which she brought to him on the appointed days, ascending with her husband, so that he might immolate the solemn sacrifice.

1 Samuel 2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife. And he said to him, “May the Lord repay to you offspring from this woman, on behalf of the loan that you offered to the Lord.” And they went away to their own place.

1 Samuel 2:21 Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle.

1 Samuel 2:23 And he said to them: “Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people?

1 Samuel 2:24 My sons, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress.

1 Samuel 2:25 If a man has sinned against a man, God may be able to be appeased over him. But if a man has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, that the Lord was willing to kill them.

1 Samuel 2:26 But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.