1 Samuel 2:3-9
2:3 a proud and haughty: Peninnah typified this attitude (see 1:6-7 b). Hannah, by contrast, was humbly dependent on God.Summary for 1Sam 2:4-8: 2:4-8 c Hannah celebrated God’s sovereign ability to radically reverse human circumstances.
2:5 d those who were starving are now full: Cp. 1:7 e, 18 f.
• The phrase seven children poetically means that the childless woman would be blessed with a house full of children (cp. 2:21 g).
Summary for 1Sam 2:7-8: 2:7-8 h Cp. Ps 113:7-9 i.
2:8 j all the earth is the Lord’s: God, the creator and ruler of all things, is able to change circumstances (2:4-8 k), protect the faithful (2:9 l), judge the wicked, and empower his anointed king (2:10 m).
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