Hannah opens her mouth and what comes out isn't a lullaby—it's a declaration. The God who answered her prayer is the God who overturns what looks permanent, who lifts the poor from the ash heap to sit beside princes, who gives strength to His anointed. Then the narrator cuts to Hophni and Phinehas, who are doing exactly the opposite of everything Hannah just described. Same building. Different God—or rather, the same God, differently regarded. Chapter 2 is the theological overture to the whole of 1 Samuel. Pay attention to what it announces first. The companion written study for this episode is available free at https://bibleforthebroken.org/p/day-219the-song-before-the-story. You can explore the full library of studies and resou ...