1 Samuel 2

The original text of this chapter, as with the rest of the Books of Samuel, was written in Hebrew. Since the division of the Bible into chapters in the late medieval period, this chapter is divided into 36 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}} Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls including 4Q51 (4QSam{{sup|a}}; 100–50 BCE) with extant verses 1–10, 16–36.{{Cite book | editor-last = Ulrich | editor-first = Eugene | editor-link = Eugene Ulrich | title = The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants | year = 2010 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/TheBiblicalQumranScrolls/page/n276 260]–264 | publisher = Brill | url = https://archive.org/details/TheBiblicalQumranScrolls |access-date= May 15, 2017 | isbn= 9789004181830}}[https://thewaytoyahuweh.com/dead-sea-scrolls/general-info/#1_samuel Dead sea scrolls - 1 Samuel]{{Cite book|title = A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature|last = Fitzmyer|first = Joseph A.| authorlink = Joseph Fitzmyer | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TILXeWJ2eNAC | year = 2008 | pages = 35 |isbn = 9780802862419 | location = Grand Rapids, MI | access-date= February 15, 2019}}[https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q51-1 4Q51 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library]

There is also a difference into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^B; 4th century) and Codex Alexandrinus (A; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^A; 5th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}{{efn|The whole book of 1 Samuel is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.{{Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Codex Sinaiticus}}}}

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• The event in this chapter happened at the end of judges period in Israel, about 1100 BC.

The New Revised Standard Version organises this chapter as follows:

• {{bibleverse|1|Samuel|2:1–11|RSV}} = Hannah's Prayer
• {{bibleverse|1|Samuel|2:12–17|RSV}} = Eli’s Wicked Sons
• {{bibleverse|1|Samuel|2:18–21|RSV}} = The Child Samuel at Shiloh
• {{bibleverse|1|Samuel|2:22–36|RSV}} = Prophecy Against Eli’s Household

Verses 22 to 25 introduce a topic dealing with the condemnation of the house of Eli on account of his sons' transgressions. The Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible, Targum, and Vulgate translation refer to Hophni and Phinehas' sins including both the misappropriation of food brought to sacrifice at the shrine in Shiloh and also their sexual relations with "the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting".{{bibleverse|1|Samuel|2:22|NKJV}} The Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls omit the latter issue.[http://biblehub.com/sep/1_samuel/2.htm Brenton's Septuagint Translation, 1 Samuel 2][http://dssenglishbible.com/1%20samuel%202.htm Dead Sea Scrolls Bible Translations: 1 Samuel 2 from Scroll 4Q51 Samuel]

Eli hears of his sons' behaviour and challenges them to reform, but they take no account of his pleading. Then a "man of God" comes to Eli, a prophet of whom, says Donald Spence Jones, "we know nothing".Spence, H D M, [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/2.htm Ellicott's Commentary for Modern Readers on 1 Samuel 2], accessed 20 April 2017

• Hophni and Phinehas

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• [http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15830/showrashi/true Shmuel I – Samuel I (Judaica Press)] translation [with Rashi's commentary] at Chabad.org
• {{Cite book|last=Auld|first=Graeme|chapter=1 & 2 Samuel|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC&dq=There+are+two+common+types+of+strategy+for+reading+the+books+of+Samuel&pg=PA213|editor=James D. G. Dunn and John William Rogerson|title=Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible|publisher=Eerdmans|year=2003|isbn=9780802837110}}
• {{Cite book|last=Bergen|first=David T.|title=1, 2 Samuel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eGT6fWsajqcC&dq=I+%26+II+Samuel%3A+a+commentary+Gordon&pg=PA49|publisher=B&H Publishing Group|year=1996|isbn=9780805401073}}
• {{Cite book|last=Gordon|first=Robert|title=I & II Samuel, A Commentary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMJ1ZAnswuUC&dq=I+%26+II+Samuel:+a+commentary+Gordon&pg=PA338|publisher=Paternoster Press|year=1986|isbn=9780310230229}}
• {{Cite book|last=Hertzberg|first=Hans Wilhelm|title=I & II Samuel, A Commentary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=friNN7IdjOIC&q=Saul+appointed+anointed+instituted&pg=PA19|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|year=1964|edition=trans. from German 2nd edition 1960|isbn=978-0664223182|page=19}}
• {{Cite book|last=Tsumura|first=David Toshio|title=The First Book of Samuel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLKAlhLDkMwC&dq=The+First+book+of+Samuel+Tsumura&pg=PA103|publisher=Eerdmans|year=2007|isbn=9780802823595}}

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• {{Cite book|last=Breytenbach|first=Andries|title=Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets|publisher=Brill|year=2000|chapter=Who Is Behind The Samuel Narrative?|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&dq=Breytenbach+Who+is+behind+the+Samuel+narrative&pg=PA50|editor=Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. Van Rooy|isbn=9789004118713}}
• {{cite book | last= Halley | first= Henry H. | author-link= Henry Hampton Halley | title= Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary |edition=24th (revised)| publisher= Zondervan Publishing House | date= 1965 | url= https://archive.org/details/halleysbiblehand00henr | url-access= registration| isbn= 0-310-25720-4}}
• {{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Gwilym H|chapter=1 and 2 Samuel|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCRYl9Ikk6EC&q=Gwilym+Jones+1+and+2+Samuel&pg=PA196|editor=John Barton and John Muddiman|title=The Oxford Bible Commentary|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|isbn=9780198755005}}
• {{Cite book|last=Klein|first=R.W.|chapter=Samuel, books of|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C&dq=narrative+sources+books+of+samuel&pg=PA314|editor=Bromiley, Geoffrey W|title=The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia|publisher=Eerdmans|year=2003|isbn=9780802837844}}
• {{cite book | last = Würthwein | first = Ernst | author-link = Ernst Würthwein | title = The Text of the Old Testament | publisher = Wm. B. Eerdmans |location = Grand Rapids, MI | year= 1995 | translator-first1 = Erroll F.| translator-last1 = Rhodes | isbn = 0-8028-0788-7 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC | access-date= January 26, 2019}}

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;Masoretic Text

• [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08a01.htm שמואל א Shmuel Aleph – Samuel A] (Hebrew – English at Mechon-Mamre.org)

;Jewish translations

• [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et08a01.htm 1 Samuel at Mechon-Mamre] (Jewish Publication Society translation)

;Christian translations

• {{librivox book | dtitle=Bible: 1 Samuel| stitle=09: 1 Samuel}}
• [http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=samuel&qs_version=31 Samuel 1 at Bible Gateway]

;Related articles

• [http://www.ibs.org/niv/studybible/1samuel.php Introduction to the book of 1 Samuel] from the NIV Study Bible

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