1 Samuel 28:16

28:16 Samuel said, “Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

1 Samuel 28:2

28:2 David replied to Achish, “That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!” Achish said to David, “Then I will make you my bodyguard ¹  from now on.” ² 

1 Samuel 1:3

1:3 Year after year ³  this man would go up from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the Lord’s priests.

1 Samuel 1:2

1:2 He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah Exalts the Lord in Prayer

2:1 Hannah prayed, ⁴ 

“My heart rejoices in the Lord;

my horn ⁵  is exalted high because of the Lord.

I loudly denounce ⁶  my enemies,

for I am happy that you delivered me. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “the guardian for my head.”

² tn Heb “all the days.”

³ tn Heb “from days to days.”

⁴ tn Heb “prayed and said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “my mouth opens wide against.”

⁷ tn Heb “for I rejoice in your deliverance.”