I Samuel 2:10
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Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
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In this chapter we have, I. Hannah's song of thanksgiving to God for his favour to her in giving her Samuel (Sa1 2:1-10). II. Their return to their family, with Eli's blessing (Sa1 2:11, Sa1 2:20). The increase of their family (Sa1 2:21). Samuel's growth and improvement (Sa1 2:11, Sa1 2:18, Sa1 2:21, Sa1 2:26), and the care Hannah took to clothe him (Sa1 2:19). III. The great wickedness of Eli's sons (Sa1 2:12-17, Sa1 2:22). IV. The over-mild reproof that Eli gave them for it (Sa1 2:23-25). V. The justly dreadful message God sent him by a prophet, threatening the ruin of his family for the wickedness of his sons (Sa1 2:27-36).
Open source ↗2:10 The king was to fulfill the descriptions of 2:4-9 by using his God-given power to care for the oppressed, the hungry, and the barren (see Ps 72:1-4, 12-14; Prov 31:8-9). • he increases the strength: See study note on 1 Sam 2:1. • anointed one (Hebrew mashiakh): This climax to Hannah’s prayer is prophetic both of Israel’s anointed kings and of God’s supreme Anointed King—the Messiah, Jesus Christ (see 12:3-5; 24:6, 10; Ps 132:17; Dan 9:25-26).
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You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!