1 Samuel 2:31

2:31 In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength ¹  and the strength ²  of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah Exalts the Lord in Prayer

2:1 Hannah prayed, ³ 

“My heart rejoices in the Lord;

my horn ⁴  is exalted high because of the Lord.

I loudly denounce ⁵  my enemies,

for I am happy that you delivered me. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message, ⁷  “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive ⁸  to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join ⁹  Saul at Gilgal.

Ezekiel 30:22-24

30:22 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, ¹⁰  I am against ¹¹  Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand. 30:23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among foreign countries. 30:24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “chop off your arm.” The arm here symbolizes strength and activity.

² tn Heb “arm.”

³ tn Heb “prayed and said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Heb “my mouth opens wide against.”

⁶ tn Heb “for I rejoice in your deliverance.”

⁷ tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

⁹ tn Heb “were summoned after.”

¹⁰ tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

¹¹ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

¹² tn Heb “him”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.