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1 Samuel 2:32

And thou shalt see an enemy in My habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel, he would, so far as his own family was concerned, see distress and affliction for the inhabitants of the Tabernacle in all the blessings which the Lord would show His people, since they would not share in the national prosperity and the consequent rejoicing; and there shall not be an old man in thine house forever.

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See also 1 Samuel 2:32 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 2:32. _THOU SHALT SEE AN ENEMY_ IN MY _HABITATION_] Every version and almost every commentator understands this clause differently. The word _tsar_, which we translate an _enemy_, and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The original text is rather obscure and difficult of construction, but the King James Version probably gives the sense of it. The margin gives another meaning. IN ALL THE WEALTH ... - The allusion is...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE FAILURE OF ELI AND HIS SONS CHAPTER 2:12-36 _ 1. The wicked sons of Eli (1 Samuel 2:12)_ 2. Samuel before Jehovah and Hannah blessed (1 Samuel 2:18) 3. The empty warning of Eli (1 Samuel 2:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A PROPHET FORETELLS THE DEATH OF ELI'S SONS, AND THE EXPULSION OF HIS FAMILY FROM THE PRIESTHOOD. Composed by the Deuteronomic Editor (see above, p. 273), to connect the misconduct of the sons of Eli...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SEE AN ENEMY. Compare Psalms 78:60....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation_ Or, A RIVAL, the same word as that rendered "adversary" in 1 Samuel 1:6. The best explanation of this difficult passage appears to be this: -Thou, in the per...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The doom of Eli's house 27. _a man of God_ i.e. a prophet commissioned by God. Even in the general decay of religion (1 Samuel 3:1) God still had his messengers. The title "man of God" is applied to...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THOU SHALT SEE AN ENEMY IN MY HABITATION— The rendering in the margin of our Bibles seems most agreeable to the history; _thou shalt see the affliction of thy tabernacle._ See chap. 1 Samuel 4:4;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Prophecy against Eli's wicked sons._ 1 Samuel 2:27-35 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 wer...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:32 ever. (a-32) Lit. 'all the days.' oppressor (h-6) _ Tzar_ , 'adversary.' amidst (i-10) Or 'shalt see the distress of [my] habitation in.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING. THE SIN OF ELI'S SONS 1-10. The Song of Hannah. This beautiful poem has been well called the 'Magnificat of the Old Testament.' The song of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AN ENEMY _in my_ HABITATION] lit. 'affliction of habitation.' The context seems to show that the reference is to Eli's own dwelling. While Israel increased in wealth and prosperity in the reign of Sol...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 HANNAH’S PRAYER V1 Hannah prayed and said, ‘I am very happy when I think about the *Lord....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (11-36) The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary — The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli — The Doom of the House of Ithamar....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THOU SHALT SEE AN ENEMY. — Some — _e.g.,_ the Vulgate — understand by enemy a “rival”: thou shalt see thy rival in the Temple. The words, however, point to something which Eli would live to see wi...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הִבַּטְתָּ֙ צַ֣ר מָעֹ֔ון בְּ כֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER IV. _ ELI'S HOUSE._ 1 Samuel 2:11. THE notices of little Samuel, that alternate in this passage with the sad accounts of Eli and his house, are like the green spots that vary the dull stretc...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PENALTY OF DISHONORING GOD 1 Samuel 2:22 Eli was held responsible for the excesses of his sons. He was a mild and gentle old man. But there are times when mildness and gentleness are out of place...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We have the record of the song of triumph sung by Hannah, in which she set forth the might and justice of Jehovah. Thus, in the dark and troublous times, Jehovah is seen acting toward deliverance, by...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And thou (y) 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. (y) Your posterity will see the glory...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Thy rival. A priest of another race. This was partly filled when Abiathar, of the race of Heli, was removed from the priesthood, and Sadoc, who was of another line, was substituted in his place. But i...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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. (32) And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in a...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In the beautiful song of 1 Samuel 2 Hannah recognises this great principle of sovereign grace, and of the power of God; that He brings down the proud and those who trust in the flesh, and exalts the w...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THOU SHALT SEE AN ENEMY IN MY HABITATION,.... Either the Philistines in the land of Israel, where God chose to dwell, who quickly after made war against Israel, and pitched in Aphek, 1 Samuel 4:1...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 32. _And thou shalt see an enemy,_]...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou shalt see an enemy_, &c. The words may be rendered, as in the margin, and seem evidently to mean, Thou shalt see, in thy own person, the affliction or calamity of my habitation; that is, either...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Hannahs song in thankefulnesse. 12 The sinne of Elies sonnes. 18 Samuels ministerie. 20 By Elies blessing, Hannah is more fruitfull. 22 Eli reprooueth his sonnes. 28 A prophecie against Elies h...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The rejoicing prayer of Hannah is now uttered AFTER she has given up her child. The prayer of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, reminds us of this one, though hers was spoken before he child was bor...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    AN ENEMY IN MY HABITATION, IN ALL THE WEALTH WHICH GOD SHALL GIVE ISRAEL: Or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel IN THE FLOWER OF THEIR AGE: _ He...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    27-36 Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to st...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    So the sense is, THOU SHALT SEE, not in thy person, but in thy posterity, (it being most frequent in Scripture to attribute that to parents which properly belongs to their posterity only; as GENESIS 1...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 2:32 see H5027 (H8689) enemy H6862 place H4583 does H3190 (H8686) Israel H3478 man H2205 house...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH SENDS A MAN OF GOD TO PASS HIS VERDICT ON ELI'S HOUSE (1 SAMUEL 2:27). Scripture constantly reveals that God is never left without a witness. Always at special times of need a ‘man of God' appear...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 SAMUEL 1-4 _(with Judges 21:16)_ I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant, who does...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hannah's prophetic prayer. Evil sons of Eli. Samuel in the tabernacle. The warning to Eli. CHARACTERS: God, Hannah, Eli, Samuel, Hophni, Phinehas, Elkanah, a prophet. CONCLUSION: Nothing i...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 2:1. _Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth._ This song is much admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, and t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will cut off thine arm._ JUDGMENT UPON A FALSE PRIESTHOOD “As a priest or interpreter of the holy is the noblest and highest of all men, so is a sham priest the falsest and basest; neither is it...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:11 At the same time that the boy Samuel is ministering to the Lord (vv. 1 Samuel 2:11, 1

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:31 The man of God (see v. 1 Samuel 2:27) declares a curse for Eli and all his descendants for their breaking of the covenant. Compare the punishments described in...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:27. “A MAN OF GOD.” A prophet, as in 1 Kings 13:1, etc. “The only one mentioned since Deborah.” _(Biblical Commentary.)_ “THY FATHER.” “Eli was a descendant o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DIVINE JUDGMENT UPON ELI AND HIS HOUSE (1 Samuel 2:27-9). 1 SAMUEL 2:27 THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD. The

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    This book presents the history, the personal history of Samuel who was the last of the Judges. It ushers in the beginning of the period of the kings in the children of Israel, or among the children of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Samuel 4:22; 1 Samuel 4:4; Psalms 78:59; Zechariah 8:4

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shalt see, &c — The words may be rendered; thou shalt see, in thy own person, the affliction, or calamity of my habitation; that is, either of the land of Israel, wherein I dwell; or of the sanctuary,...

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