1 Samuel 2:31
1 Samuel · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.”1 Samuel 2:31
What Does 1 Samuel 2:31 Mean?
1 Samuel 2:31 is found in the book of 1 Samuel, chapter 2, verse 31 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to 1 Samuel 2:31 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Samuel 22:17“And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.”1 Kings 2:26“And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.”1 Samuel 4:11“And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.”1 Samuel 14:3“And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.”1 Samuel 4:2“And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.”1 Samuel 4:18“And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.”1 Kings 2:35“And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.”Job 22:9“Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”Psalms 37:17“For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.”Psalms 109:13“Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.”Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.”Ezekiel 44:10“And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.”Zechariah 8:4“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.”Zechariah 11:17“Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.”Malachi 2:12“The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.”
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