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1 Samuel 2 · Grade 5

Two Kinds of Servants

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Hannah's song celebrates the God who reverses human fortunes. The proud are warned not to boast, because the Lord is a God of knowledge who weighs actions. He makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and also lifts up. Her song closes with the first mention in this book of the Lord's king and His anointed, looking ahead to the kings God would raise up.

The chapter then sets two kinds of servants side by side. Hophni and Phinehas were priests, but they did not know the Lord. They grabbed the best meat before it was offered and treated the offering with contempt, and Eli's warning came too late to change them. Between these scenes, the boy Samuel ministered before the Lord in a linen ephod and grew in favor with both the Lord and people.

A man of God announced judgment on Eli's house. Eli had honored his sons above God. The key principle is stated plainly: those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed. God would raise up a faithful priest who would act according to what was in His heart and mind. In the New Testament, Luke uses similar words of the boy Jesus, who grew in favor with God and men (Luke 2:52).

Show What You Know

  1. What does Hannah's song say God does with the proud and the lowly?

  2. How did Hophni and Phinehas treat the offering?

  3. What principle did the man of God state?

  4. What New Testament verse uses words like 2:26?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Nor is there any ____ like our God (2:2).
  2. Samuel wore a ____ ephod (2:18).

Down

  1. His mother made him a little ____ (2:19).
  2. There is no one as ____ as Yahweh (2:2).

Think About It

  1. Samuel grew up faithful even near bad examples. How can you stay faithful when people around you are not?

  2. Hannah's song says God weighs actions, not only words. How does that shape the way you serve God?

Memory Verse

“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.

1 Samuel 2:30 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for loving me like a parent. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why should parents and leaders correct wrong right away?
  • How can you grow in favor with God this year?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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