1 Samuel 2:36
in 1 Samuel 2And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
KJV
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 2
Commentary
9 notes on this verseShall come and crouch to him - Shall prostrate himself before him in the most abject manner, begging to be employed even in the meanest offices about the tabernacle, in order to get even the most scanty means of support. A piece of silver - אגורת כסף agorath keseph, translated by the Septuagint, οβολου αργυριου, an obolus of silver. The Targum translates it מעא mea, which is the same as the Hebrew gerah, and weighed about sixteen grains of barley. A morsel of bread - A mouthful; what might be sufficient to keep body and soul together.
This site's exposition
I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest
on 1 Samuel 2:35-36
The LORD promises a faithful priest to replace Eli's line: “I will build for him an enduring house”. First Kings 2:27 names the fulfilment when Solomon removes Abiathar, and “walk before My anointed one” closes on the title Hannah sang before any king stood. Verse 36 answers Eli's fattening with a house begging “a piece of bread”, the reversal of Hannah's song.
This site's exposition
And everyone left in your house will come
Albert Barnes connects the piece of silver with the gerah, the smallest Hebrew coin, a twentieth of a shekel. The tiny sum shows the asker's poverty. The house that took the best of the offerings will beg for bread, as Hannah sang in verse 5.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church4 voices
It will happen, however, that whoever remains in your house, etc. And some daily not only from the priestly, but also from every tribe of Israel, and all at the end of the world the remnants of that nation, so that they may be reconciled …
And let him say, Let me go, I pray, to one of the priestly parts. It signifies to the very people, illustrious to Christ the priest; to whom Peter says: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood (I Pet. II). And as he …
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 2, Chapter 2 · Written before 604.
proposed
42. Then indeed Judea asks that the Lord be prayed for on her behalf, when, with the elect already gathered from the nations, she does not ignore the darkness of her own blindness, when she desires that offering be made to her through the priests of almighty God by the confession of the Holy Trinity, because in her former old state she does not presume to merit heavenly joys, but also bestows the faith of the Redeemer, which she received upon her conversion, by preaching it to others who are yet to be converted. It is also well added: (Verse 33.) That he might offer a piece of silver money. For by silver the divine utterances are signified, because it is said through the Prophet: The words of the Lord are words tested by fire, silver tried by fire (Psalm 11:7). And indeed Judea then spends this silver in the praises of God, when she openly preaches our faith, which she previously contradicted while established in unbelief. And because she also imitates through compassion the same Redeemer whom she preaches through love, it is added: (Verse 33.) And a cake of bread. 43. For by the name of bread, He is expressed who says of Himself: "I am the living bread which came down from heaven" (John 6:51). The cake of bread, therefore, is the flesh of the Redeemer, afflicted with sufferings. For the prophet, beholding this cake of bread, said: "Truly He has borne our griefs, and He Himself has carried our sorrows" (Isaiah 53:4). And because it is said by a certain wise man: "If you sit down at the table of a powerful man, wisely consider what is set before you, for you must prepare similar things" (Proverbs 23:1–2, according to the LXX), Judea then offers a cake of bread and a piece of silver when she proclaims our Redeemer with open confession, and for the love of Him whom she proclaims, does not refuse to endure torments from the faithless. […]
A commentator
Gregory the DialogistCommentary on 1 Kings, Book 2, Chapter 3 · Written before 604.
proposed
For someone is said to be about to remain from his house, because a great part of it is declared to be about to die. For from the house of the wicked pastor, he remains whom the consciousness of sin does not extinguish from the hope of obtaining pardon. He remains, therefore, because the weight of conscience is lightened through the resolution of repentance by the hope of obtaining life. He indeed comes so that prayer may be offered for him, and hastens through repentance to God, from whom he departed by sinning.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left in thine house,....
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A piece - The word is only found here; but is thought to be connected in etymology and in meaning with the “Gerah,” the smallest Hebrew coin, being the twentieth part of the shekel. The smallness of the sum asked for shows the poverty of the asker.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֗ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנּוֹתָר֙ | hanotar | <the> [one who] remains | H3498 → | 106 times |
| בְּבֵ֣יתְךָ֔ | beveitekha | in house your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יָבוֹא֙ | yavo' | he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣ת | lehishtachavot | to bow down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| לַאֲג֥וֹרַת | laagorat | for a payment of | H95 → | |
| כֶּ֖סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | |
| וְכִכַּר־ | vekhikar- | and a round loaf of | H3603 → | |
| לָ֑חֶם | lachem | bread | H3899 → | 298 times |
| וְאָמַ֗ר | veamar | and he will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| סְפָחֵ֥נִי | sefacheni | attach me | H5596 → | |
| נָ֛א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַחַ֥ת | ʾachat | one of | H259 → | 971 times |
| הַכְּהֻנּ֖וֹת | hakehunot | the priesthoods | H3550 → | |
| לֶאֱכֹ֥ל | leekhol | to eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| פַּת־ | pat- | a piece of | H6595 → | |
| לָֽחֶם׃ ס | lachem | bread | H3899 → | 298 times |
וְהָיָ֗הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנּוֹתָר֙<the> [one who] remains
hanotarH3498 →106 times
בְּבֵ֣יתְךָ֔in house your
beveitekhaH1004 →2046 times
יָבוֹא֙he will come
yavo'H935 →2568 times
לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֣תto bow down
lehishtachavotH7812 →172 times
ל֔וֹto <the> him
lo
לַאֲג֥וֹרַתfor a payment of
laagoratH95 →
כֶּ֖סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →
וְכִכַּר־and a round loaf of
vekhikar-H3603 →
לָ֑חֶםbread
lachemH3899 →298 times
וְאָמַ֗רand he will say
veamarH559 →5305 times
סְפָחֵ֥נִיattach me
sefacheniH5596 →
נָ֛אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אַחַ֥תone of
ʾachatH259 →971 times
הַכְּהֻנּ֖וֹתthe priesthoods
hakehunotH3550 →
לֶאֱכֹ֥לto eat
leekholH398 →810 times
פַּת־a piece of
pat-H6595 →
לָֽחֶם׃ סbread
lachemH3899 →298 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 2:27So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:27–36
Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s…
- 1 Samuel 3:12–14
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.
- Jeremiah 7:12–14
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:27–36
Through
Malachi 1:13You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from…
it leads to
- Micah 6:3
‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
- Mark 14:37–38
Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?
- Malachi 1:7–8
By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
- Leviticus 22:19–23
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Jeremiah 7:9–11
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
- Micah 6:3
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 2, Chapter 2; Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 2, Chapter 3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and W. G. Blaikie, The First Book of Samuel (Expositor's Bible).