1 Samuel 2:7 meaning and explanation

The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

1 Samuel 2:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Hannah speaks these words in her prayer at Shiloh, after dedicating her long-awaited son Samuel to the LORD. She has just described God reversing human fortunes, and verse 7 states the principle plainly: poverty and wealth, humiliation and exaltation, are finally in the LORD's hands, not in chance or human merit.

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