Berean Standard Bible

1 Samuel 2:30-35

30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares:

‘I did indeed say that your houseand the house of your fatherwould walk before Me forever.

But now the LORD declares:Far be it from Me!For I will honor those who honor Me,but those who despise Me will be disdained.

31Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age. 32You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age. 33And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve.1 All your descendants2 will die by the sword of men.3

34And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

35Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.

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Notes

1. 1 Samuel 2:33 Hebrew; LXX his eyes will fail and his heart will grieve ↩
2. 1 Samuel 2:33 Or increase ↩
3. 1 Samuel 2:33 DSS and LXX; MT will die as mortals or will die in the prime of life ↩

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2