31. Cut off thine arm To cut off one’s arm is to deprive him of strength and render him helpless. Thus was Eli’s house disabled. Compare Job 22:9; Psalms 37:17; Zechariah 11:17. Not be an old man in thine house Because the rest of his family should die in the flower of their age. 1 Samuel 2:33. read more
32. Thou shalt see an enemy There can be given no satisfactory exposition of this verse as it stands in the authorized version, or by understanding either Samuel or Zadok to be the enemy referred to. The marginal reading gives a far better sense to the first part of the verse Thou shall see the affliction of the tabernacle; but what follows for all the wealth which God would have given Israel makes no sense, and has no sufficient warrant in the Hebrew text. The word ישׂב , which is... read more
33. And the man of thine The meaning is, I will not cut off all thy posterity from the altar service, but there will be always remaining some, who shall witness in sorrow and grief the fulfilment of this judgment against the house of their father. Ahitub, the grandson of Eli, seems to have succeeded him in the priesthood, (1 Samuel 14:3;) after him Ahimelech, (1 Samuel 22:11,) and next Abiathar, whom Solomon thrust out of the priesthood in fulfilment of this prophecy. 1 Kings 2:27. Eli’s... read more
34. And this… a sign The death of Hophni and Phinehas in one day should be a sign that all these woful predictions should surely come to pass. read more
35. I will raise me up a faithful priest By this “faithful priest” some have understood Samuel, and others Zadok, while a few argue that both of them may be intended. Samuel, indeed, succeeded Eli as judge of Israel, and during his lifetime the Aaronic priesthood seems to have fallen into neglect; but it is certain that neither he nor his descendants were established in the priesthood, so that it cannot be said that God “built him a sure house.” Therefore it is better to understand Zadok... read more
36. Every one that is left in thine house Eli’s posterity should not be utterly cut off; but even after the deposition of Abiathar they would linger as mendicants around the faithful priest, and beg of him a pittance of money and of bread, or petition for some work pertaining to the priesthood, that would yield them food. Even after the seventy years’ exile we find descendants of Ithamar among the priests who returned with Ezra from Babylon. Ezra 8:2. “See,” says Dr. A. Clarke, “the sin... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:30
30. Should walk before me for ever See Exodus 29:9; Exodus 40:15, and Numbers 25:13. But now… Be it far from me What then! Is God unfaithful to his promises? By no means, for his administration is based upon the following rule, which is a settled principle of the divine government: Them that honour me I will honour, etc. Though his promises, as in this case, or his denunciations, as in the case of Nineveh, (Jonah 3:4,) seem to be absolute and irrevocable, yet they must always be studied... read more