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I Samuel Chapter 2

I Samuel
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I Samuel

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In this chapter Samuel is anointed king over Israel after Saul's death and the murder of his son Ishboset. The people are divided between those who support Samuel and those who favor Saul's son. The narrative highlights the conflict between tradition and new leadership.

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(1) 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.
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Nehemiah 11:17Habakkuk 3:1Philippians 4:6Luke 1:46Luke 1:47Luke 1:48Luke 1:49Luke 1:50Luke 1:51Luke 1:52Luke 1:53Luke 1:54

(2) 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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Exodus 15:11Deuteronomy 32:4Psalms 99:5Psalms 99:9Psalms 111:9Isaiah 6:3Isaiah 57:15I Peter 1:16Romans 4:8Romans 15:4Deuteronomy 4:35II Samuel 22:32

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Leviticus 23:38

(3) Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
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Psalms 94:4Proverbs 8:13Isaiah 37:23Daniel 4:30Daniel 4:31Daniel 4:37Malachi 3:13Jude 1:15Jude 1:16I Kings 8:39Psalms 44:21Psalms 94:7

(4) The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
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Psalms 37:15Psalms 37:17Psalms 46:9Psalms 76:3Isaiah 10:4Jeremiah 37:10II Corinthians 4:9II Corinthians 4:10II Corinthians 12:9Ephesians 6:14Philippians 4:13Hebrews 11:34

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Job 36:5Jeremiah 46:12Jeremiah 51:56Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9

(5) 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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Psalms 34:10Luke 1:53Luke 16:25I Samuel 1:20Psalms 113:9I Samuel 1:6Isaiah 54:1Jeremiah 15:9Galatians 4:27

(6) The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
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Deuteronomy 32:39II Kings 5:7Job 5:18Psalms 68:20Hosea 6:1Hosea 6:2John 5:25John 5:26John 5:27John 5:28John 5:29John 11:25

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Proverbs 30:33I Samuel 2:7Isaiah 26:5Isaiah 52:7Matthew 7:17Matthew 12:35

(7) The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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Deuteronomy 8:17Deuteronomy 8:18Job 1:21Job 5:11Psalms 102:10Psalms 75:7Isaiah 2:12James 1:9James 1:10James 4:10

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Proverbs 13:7Proverbs 10:4I Samuel 2:6Job 41:31Proverbs 12:25Isaiah 24:1

(8) 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 LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
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Job 2:8Job 42:10Job 42:11Job 42:12Psalms 113:7Psalms 113:8Daniel 4:17Luke 1:51Luke 1:52I Samuel 15:17Genesis 41:14Genesis 41:40

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Psalms 113:7John 15:19Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 17:25I Corinthians 2:6Revelation 4:6

(9) 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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Job 5:24Psalms 37:23Psalms 37:24Psalms 91:11Psalms 91:12Psalms 94:18Psalms 121:3Psalms 121:5Psalms 121:8Proverbs 16:9I Peter 1:5Deuteronomy 33:3

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Job 10:22Jeremiah 13:16Matthew 6:23I John 2:11Habakkuk 3:19Ezekiel 1:7

(10) 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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Exodus 15:6Judges 5:31Psalms 2:9Psalms 21:8Psalms 21:9Psalms 68:1Psalms 68:2Psalms 92:9Luke 19:27I Samuel 7:10I Samuel 12:18Job 40:9

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Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 50:2Psalms 92:10Psalms 28:8Ecclesiastes 12:6Jeremiah 51:22

(11) And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
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I Samuel 2:18I Samuel 1:28I Samuel 3:1I Samuel 3:15

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II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11I Samuel 3:8II Kings 4:34

(12) Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
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Hosea 4:6Hosea 4:7Hosea 4:8Hosea 4:9Malachi 2:1Malachi 2:2Malachi 2:3Malachi 2:4Malachi 2:5Malachi 2:6Malachi 2:7Malachi 2:8

(13) And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
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I Kings 8:63I Samuel 16:5Ezekiel 39:17Joel 1:6

(14) 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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I Samuel 2:29Exodus 29:27Exodus 29:28Leviticus 7:34Isaiah 56:11Malachi 1:10II Peter 2:13II Peter 2:14II Peter 2:15

(15) Also before they burnt the fat, 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.
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Leviticus 3:3Leviticus 3:4Leviticus 3:5Leviticus 3:16Romans 16:18Philippians 3:19Jude 1:12

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Exodus 29:22Leviticus 3:9Leviticus 4:8Leviticus 8:25Exodus 12:9

(16) 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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Leviticus 3:16Leviticus 7:23Leviticus 7:24Leviticus 7:25Judges 18:25Nehemiah 5:15Micah 2:1Micah 2:2Micah 3:5I Peter 5:2I Peter 5:3

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Exodus 29:13Exodus 29:22Leviticus 3:9Leviticus 4:8Leviticus 4:26Leviticus 4:31

(17) 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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Genesis 6:11Genesis 10:9Genesis 13:13II Kings 21:6Psalms 51:4Isaiah 3:8Malachi 2:8Malachi 2:13Matthew 18:7

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Deuteronomy 22:6

(18) But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
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I Samuel 2:11I Samuel 3:1I Samuel 22:18Exodus 28:4Leviticus 8:7II Samuel 6:14

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Leviticus 16:4II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11Exodus 39:28Leviticus 8:7I Samuel 3:1

(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.
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I Samuel 1:3I Samuel 1:21Exodus 23:14

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Luke 12:53Romans 7:2Malachi 1:8Ruth 2:11Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(20) 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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Genesis 14:19Genesis 27:27Genesis 27:28Genesis 27:29Numbers 6:23Numbers 6:24Numbers 6:25Numbers 6:26Numbers 6:27Ruth 2:12Ruth 4:11I Samuel 1:27

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Genesis 26:4Genesis 28:14Isaiah 61:9Jeremiah 33:26

(21) 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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I Samuel 1:19I Samuel 1:20Genesis 21:1Luke 1:68I Samuel 2:26I Samuel 3:19Judges 13:24Luke 1:80Luke 2:40Luke 2:52

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I Samuel 1:20II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11Judges 13:24I Samuel 2:26Genesis 38:5

(22) Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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I Samuel 8:1I Samuel 2:13I Samuel 2:14I Samuel 2:15I Samuel 2:16I Samuel 2:17Jeremiah 7:9Jeremiah 7:10Ezekiel 22:26Hosea 4:9Hosea 4:10Hosea 4:11

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Exodus 38:8Numbers 3:25Numbers 4:25Exodus 33:8Exodus 33:9Exodus 33:10

(23) 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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I Kings 1:6Acts 9:4Acts 14:15Isaiah 3:9Jeremiah 3:3Jeremiah 8:12Philippians 3:19

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I Samuel 1:8

(24) Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
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Acts 6:3II Corinthians 6:8I Timothy 3:7III John 1:12I Samuel 2:17I Samuel 2:22Exodus 32:21I Kings 13:18I Kings 13:19I Kings 13:20I Kings 13:21I Kings 15:30

(25) 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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Deuteronomy 17:8Deuteronomy 17:9Deuteronomy 17:10Deuteronomy 17:11Deuteronomy 17:12Deuteronomy 25:1Deuteronomy 25:2Deuteronomy 25:3I Samuel 3:14Numbers 15:30Psalms 51:4Psalms 51:16

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Exodus 18:22Judges 2:18Judges 11:27I Samuel 24:15I Kings 3:9Psalms 7:8

(26) And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
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Proverbs 3:3Luke 1:80Luke 2:40Luke 2:52Acts 2:47Romans 14:18

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II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11I Samuel 2:21II Kings 4:34I Samuel 3:10

(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?
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I Samuel 9:4Deuteronomy 33:1Judges 6:8Judges 13:6I Kings 13:1I Timothy 6:11II Peter 1:21Exodus 4:14Exodus 4:27

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Genesis 40:11

(28) 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 of the children of Israel?
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Exodus 28:1Exodus 28:4Exodus 28:6Exodus 28:7Exodus 28:8Exodus 28:9Exodus 28:10Exodus 28:11Exodus 28:12Exodus 28:13Exodus 28:14Exodus 28:15

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I Kings 8:64Numbers 29:39Deuteronomy 12:14I Kings 9:25II Chronicles 7:7Ezekiel 45:17

(29) Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; 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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I Samuel 2:13I Samuel 2:14I Samuel 2:15I Samuel 2:16I Samuel 2:17Deuteronomy 32:15Malachi 1:12Malachi 1:13Deuteronomy 12:5Deuteronomy 12:6Joshua 18:1Leviticus 19:15

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I Kings 8:64II Chronicles 7:7Leviticus 4:35Numbers 29:39Ezekiel 39:17Exodus 29:22

(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 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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Exodus 28:43Exodus 29:9Numbers 25:11Numbers 25:12Numbers 25:13Numbers 35:34II Chronicles 15:2Jeremiah 18:9Jeremiah 18:10Judges 9:10Psalms 50:23Proverbs 3:9

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Numbers 24:11Esther 6:6Esther 6:9Daniel 11:38John 5:23John 5:44

(31) Behold, the days 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.
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I Samuel 4:2I Samuel 4:11I Samuel 4:17I Samuel 4:18I Samuel 4:19I Samuel 4:20I Samuel 14:3I Samuel 22:17I Samuel 22:18I Samuel 22:19I Samuel 22:20I Kings 2:26

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Job 31:22Psalms 44:3Daniel 11:6Zechariah 11:17

(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.
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I Samuel 4:4I Samuel 4:11I Samuel 4:22Psalms 78:59Psalms 78:60Psalms 78:61Psalms 78:62Psalms 78:63Psalms 78:64Zechariah 8:4

(33) 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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I Samuel 22:21I Samuel 22:22I Samuel 22:23I Kings 1:7I Kings 1:19I Kings 2:26I Kings 2:27Matthew 2:16Matthew 2:17Matthew 2:18

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Deuteronomy 5:25II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Zechariah 14:12

(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 both of them.
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I Samuel 3:12I Kings 13:3I Kings 14:12I Samuel 4:11I Samuel 4:17

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Matthew 12:39Matthew 16:4Luke 11:29

(35) 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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I Kings 1:8I Kings 1:45I Kings 2:35I Chronicles 29:22Ezekiel 34:23Ezekiel 44:15Ezekiel 44:16Hebrews 2:17Hebrews 7:26Hebrews 7:27Hebrews 7:28I Samuel 25:28

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I Kings 11:38Amos 9:11Ephesians 4:17

(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, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
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I Kings 2:27Ezekiel 44:10Ezekiel 44:11Ezekiel 44:12I Samuel 2:29I Samuel 2:30Malachi 1:13

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Ezekiel 24:6Amos 4:7Mark 2:21Luke 5:36Exodus 38:17Numbers 10:2

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