{"product_id":"2940148923091","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 09: 1 Kings","description":"THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis and the following Book are called by the Hebrews the books of\u003cbr\u003eSamuel, because they contain the history of Samuel, and of the two\u003cbr\u003ekings, Saul and David, whom he anointed. They are more commonly named by\u003cbr\u003ethe Fathers, the first and second book of kings. As to the writer of\u003cbr\u003ethem, it is the common opinion that Samuel composed the first book, as\u003cbr\u003efar as the twenty-fifth chapter; and that the prophets Nathan and Gad\u003cbr\u003efinished the first, and wrote the second book. See 1 Paralipomenon,\u003cbr\u003ealias 1 Chronicles, 29.29.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Kings Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna the wife of Elcana being barren, by vow and prayer obtaineth a son:\u003cbr\u003ewhom she calleth Samuel: and presenteth him to the service of God in\u003cbr\u003eSilo, according to her vow:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. There was a man of Ramathaimsophim, of Mount Ephraim, and his name\u003cbr\u003ewas Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliu, the son of Thohu, the\u003cbr\u003eson of Suph, an Ephraimite:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Ephraimite... He was of the tribe of Levi, 1. Par. 6.34, but is\u003cbr\u003ecalled an Ephraimite from dwelling in mount Ephraim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the\u003cbr\u003eother Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. And this man went up out of his city upon the appointed days, to\u003cbr\u003eadore and to offer sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Silo. And the two\u003cbr\u003esons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were there priests of the Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. Now the day came, and Elcana offered sacrifice, and gave to\u003cbr\u003ePhenenna, his wife, and to all her sons and daughters, portions:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. But to Anna he gave one portion with sorrow, because he loved Anna.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the Lord had shut up her womb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly,\u003cbr\u003einsomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. And thus she did every year, when the time returned, that they went\u003cbr\u003eup to the temple of the Lord: and thus she provoked her: but Anna wept,\u003cbr\u003eand did not eat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and\u003cbr\u003ewhy dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I\u003cbr\u003ebetter to thee than ten children?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. So Anna arose after she had eaten and drunk in Silo: And Heli, the\u003cbr\u003epriest, sitting upon a stool before the door of the temple of the Lord;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord,\u003cbr\u003eshedding many tears,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. And she made a vow, saying: O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt look\u003cbr\u003edown, and wilt be mindful of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt\u003cbr\u003egive to thy servant a manchild: I will give him to the Lord all the days\u003cbr\u003eof his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. And it came to pass, as she multiplied prayers before the Lord,\u003cbr\u003ethat Heli observed her mouth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. Now Anna spoke in her heart, and only her lips moved, but her\u003cbr\u003evoice was not heard at all. Heli therefore thought her to be drunk,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. And said to her: How long wilt thou be drunk? digest a little the\u003cbr\u003ewine, of which thou hast taken too much.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. Anna answering, said: Not so, my lord: for I am an exceeding\u003cbr\u003eunhappy woman, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I\u003cbr\u003ehave poured out my soul before the Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:16. Count not thy handmaid for one of the daughters of Belial: for out\u003cbr\u003eof the abundance of my sorrow and grief have I spoken till now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:17. Then Heli said to her: Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant\u003cbr\u003ethee thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:18. And she said: Would to God thy handmaid may find grace in thy\u003cbr\u003eeyes. So the woman went on her way, and ate, and her countenance was no\u003cbr\u003emore changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:19. And they rose in the morning, and worshipped before the Lord: and\u003cbr\u003ethey returned, and came into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana knew\u003cbr\u003eAnna his wife: And the Lord remembered her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:20. And it came to pass when the time was come about, Anna conceived\u003cbr\u003eand bore a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of\u003cbr\u003ethe Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel... This name imports, asked of God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:21. And Elcana, her husband, went up, and all his house, to offer to\u003cbr\u003ethe Lord the solemn sacrifice, and his vow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:22. But Anna went not up: for she said to her husband: I will not go\u003cbr\u003etill the child be weaned, and till I may carry him, that he may appear\u003cbr\u003ebefore the Lord, and may abide always there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:23. And Elcana, her husband, said to her: Do what seemeth good to\u003cbr\u003ethee, and stay till thou wean him: and I pray that the Lord may fulfil\u003cbr\u003ehis word. So the woman staid at home, and gave her son suck, till she\u003cbr\u003eweaned him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:24. 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