1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah Exalts the Lord in Prayer

2:1 Hannah prayed, ¹ 

“My heart rejoices in the Lord;

my horn ²  is exalted high because of the Lord.

I loudly denounce ³  my enemies,

for I am happy that you delivered me. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 2:21

2:21 So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 12:9

12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave ⁶  them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s ⁷  army, ⁸  and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 12:20

12:20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned. ⁹  However, don’t turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.

1 Samuel 15:26

15:26 Samuel said to Saul, “I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel!”

1 Samuel 28:17

28:17 The Lord has done exactly as I prophesied! ¹⁰  The Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

[2:1]  ¹ tn Heb “prayed and said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[2:1]  ² sn Horns of animals have always functioned as both offensive and defensive weapons for them. As a figure of speech the horn is therefore often used in the Bible as a symbol of human strength (see also in v. 10). The allusion in v. 1 to the horn being lifted high suggests a picture of an animal elevating its head in a display of strength or virility.

[2:1]  ³ tn Heb “my mouth opens wide against.”

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “for I rejoice in your deliverance.”

[2:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “with the Lord.” Cf. NAB, TEV “in the service of the Lord”; NIV, NRSV, NLT “in the presence of the Lord”; CEV “at the Lord’s house in Shiloh.”

[12:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”

[12:9]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[12:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”

[12:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “you have done all this evil.”

[28:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “just as he said by my hand.”