1 Samuel 2 · Verse 35

1 Samuel 2:35

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
1 Samuel 2:35, King James Version

1 Samuel 2:35 in other translations

BSBThen I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
WEBI will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever.
ASVAnd I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
YLTand I have raised up for Me a stedfast priest; as in My heart and in My soul he doth do; and I have built for him a stedfast house, and he hath walked up and down before Mine anointed all the days;
DARBYAnd I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed continually.
BBEAnd I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.
WebsterAnd I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my Anointed for ever.

What does 1 Samuel 2:35 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 A faithful priest - This seems to have been spoken of Zadok, who was anointed high priest in the room of Abiathar, the last descendant of the house of Eli; see 1Kgs 2:26, 1Kgs 2:27. Abiathar was removed because he had joined with Adonijah, who had got himself proclaimed king; see 1Kgs 1:7. I will build him a sure house - I will continue the priesthood in his family. He shall walk before mine Anointed - He shall minister before Solomon, and the kings which shall reign in the land. The Targum says, "He shall walk קדם משיחי kodam Meshichi, before my Messiah," and the Septuagint expresses it, ενωπιον Χριστου μον, "before my Christ;" for, in their proper and more extended sense, these things are supposed to belong to our great High Priest and the Christian system: but the word may refer to the Israelitish people. See the note on Heb 9:26.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:27-36

Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to strive against the beginnings of wickedness, and to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. In the midst of the sentence against the house of Eli, mercy is promised to Israel. God's work shall never…

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1 Samuel 2:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥יva.ha.ki.mo.Tiand I will raise upH6965
לִי֙lifor <the> myself
כֹּהֵ֣ןko.Hena priestH3548
נֶאֱמָ֔ןne.'e.ManfaithfulH539
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רka.'a.Sheraccording to [that] whichH834
בִּלְבָבִ֥יbil.va.Vi[is] in heart myH3824
וּבְנַפְשִׁ֖יu.ve.naf.Shiand in soul myH5315
יַעֲשֶׂ֑הya.'a.Sehhe will actH6213
וּבָנִ֤יתִיu.va.Ni.tiand I will buildH1129
לוֹ֙lofor <the> him
בַּ֣יִתBa.yita houseH1004
נֶאֱמָ֔ןne.'e.MansureH539
וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְve.ht.ha.Lekhand he will walk aboutH1980
לִפְנֵֽי\־lif.nei-<to> beforeH6440
מְשִׁיחִ֖יme.shi.Chianointed myH4899
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיָּמִֽים\׃hai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 2:35

  • 2 Samuel 7:27

    For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

  • 2 Samuel 7:11

    And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

  • 1 Kings 11:38

    And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

  • 1 Samuel 25:28

    I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

  • Psalms 18:50

    Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

  • Hebrews 7:26-28

    For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:8-15

    And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, …

  • 1 Kings 1:45

    And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

  • 1 Kings 1:8

    But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:22

    And did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.

  • Nehemiah 12:10-11

    And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

  • Hebrews 2:17

    Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will raise.
1Ki 1:8,45; 2:35; 1Ch 29:22; Eze 34:23; 44:15,16; Heb 2:17; 7:26-28
I will build.
25:28; Ex 1:21; Nu 25:13; 2Sa 7:11,27; 1Ki 11:38; 1Ch 6:8-15
Ne 12:10,11
mine.
Ps 2:2; 18:50

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 2:34

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

  • 1 Samuel 2:35

    And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

  • 1 Samuel 2:36

    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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1 Samuel 2:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y yo me suscitaré un sacerdote fiel, que haga conforme á mi corazón y á mi alma; y yo le edificaré casa firme, y andará delante de mi ungido todos los días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je me susciterai un sacrificateur fidèle: il fera selon ce qui est dans mon cœur et dans mon âme, et je lui bâtirai une maison stable, et il marchera toujours devant mon oint.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde mir einen treuen Priester erwecken: der wird tun, wie es in meinem Herzen und in meiner Seele ist; und ich werde ihm ein beständiges Haus bauen, und er wird vor meinem Gesalbten wandeln alle Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et suscitabo mihi sacerdotem fidelem, qui juxta cor meum et animam meam faciet: et ædificabo ei domum fidelem, et ambulabit coram christo meo cunctis diebus.