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1 Samuel 2:8
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the poor: Job 2:8, Job 42:10-12, Psalms 113:7, Psalms 113:8, Daniel 4:17, Luke 1:51, Luke 1:52
set them: 1 Samuel 15:17, Genesis 41:14, Genesis 41:40, 2 Samuel 7:8, Job 36:6, Job 36:7, Ecclesiastes 4:14, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 6:3, James 2:5, Revelation 1:6, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 22:5
the pillars: Job 38:4-6, Psalms 24:2, Psalms 102:25, Psalms 104:5, Hebrews 1:3
Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:21 - poor Leviticus 25:47 - sojourner or stranger wax rich Ruth 1:21 - and the 1 Samuel 15:28 - hath given 2 Samuel 7:9 - a great 2 Samuel 22:49 - thou also 1 Kings 16:2 - I exalted thee 1 Chronicles 29:12 - riches Esther 2:17 - so that he set Job 5:11 - set up Job 5:16 - the poor Job 8:19 - out of the earth Job 9:6 - the pillars Job 26:11 - pillars Job 36:22 - God Job 38:6 - Whereupon Psalms 49:2 - General Psalms 68:10 - thou Psalms 75:3 - pillars Psalms 75:7 - he putteth Psalms 78:69 - earth Psalms 78:71 - brought Psalms 102:10 - thou hast Psalms 107:41 - setteth Psalms 136:23 - in our low estate Psalms 138:6 - Though Psalms 147:6 - lifteth up Proverbs 8:21 - to inherit Proverbs 10:22 - it Isaiah 22:23 - a glorious Isaiah 40:4 - valley Jeremiah 49:15 - General Ezekiel 17:24 - have brought Ezekiel 21:26 - exalt Daniel 2:21 - he removeth Obadiah 1:2 - General Zechariah 6:1 - and the Matthew 4:9 - I give Luke 1:48 - regarded Luke 6:20 - Blessed Luke 14:21 - the poor Luke 16:20 - a certain Luke 18:35 - begging John 9:8 - sat Romans 9:17 - I raised Romans 13:1 - there Colossians 1:17 - and by James 1:9 - in Revelation 21:7 - inherit
Cross-References
And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.
The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And the LORD God planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.
Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed.
And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,.... This is but a further illustration of what is before expressed. Literally; such poor as are beggars, are those that are extremely poor, that sit in the dust and beg, and have nothing but a dunghill to lie on; yet God is able to raise and lift up persons in such an extremely low condition to a very high one: spiritually; such are the poor, who are poor in spirit, and spiritually poor, and are sensible of it, and they, and they only, are beggars. For all that are poor, as they are not sensible of their poverty, so they beg not; but some are and beg; they knock at the door of grace and mercy; their language is petitionary, they entreat the grace and mercy of God; their posture is standing, and waiting till they have an answer; they are importunate, and will not easily take a denial; and they observe all opportunities to get relief, and are thankful for everything that is given then. Their conditions, in which they are, is represented by the "dust" and "dunghill"; which in general denotes that they are in a mean estate, in a sinful one, and in a very polluted and loathsome one; in this condition the Lord finds them, when he calls them by his grace; and from this he raises and lifts them up by his Spirit and grace, out of which they could never have raised themselves; and in which estate of sin and misery they must have lain, had he not exerted his powerful efficacious grace, in bringing them into a glorious one, next described:
to set them among princes the people of God called by grace, who are the sons of the King of kings by adoption, manifested in their regeneration and faith; have a princely spirit, the spirit of adoption, a free, generous, and bountiful one; live and look like princes, are well fed and clothed, and attended; have the riches of princes, and are heirs of a kingdom: and to be set among them, is to be made one, and ranked as such; to have a place and a name in the church, and among the people of God; to sit down with them at the table of the Lord, and have communion with them: and to make them inherit the throne of glory; eternal glory and happiness, which as it is signified by a kingdom and crown, so by a throne, and is the same with Christ's, Revelation 3:21 and therefore must be a glorious one: and this is had by way of inheritance; not obtained by industry, nor purchased with money; but comes by adoption grace, and belongs only to children, is a bequest of our heavenly Father, and comes through the death of Christ the testator; and this phrase denotes not barely the right unto, but the possession of his happiness and glory:
for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them; the earth has its foundations on which it is laid, and its pillars by which it is supported; but these are no other than the power and providence of God; otherwise the earth is hung upon nothing, in the open circumambient air: and that God can and does do this may well be thought, and to do all the above things in providence and grace, related in the preceding verses; in the support, and for the proof of which, this is observed. Figuratively, the pillars of the earth may design the princes of the world, the supreme rulers of it, and civil magistrates, who are sometimes called cornerstones, and the shields of the earth, Zechariah 10:4, and so pillars, because they are the means of cementing, supporting, and protecting the people of the earth, and of preserving their peace and property. Likewise good men may be meant in a figurative sense, who, as they are the salt of the earth, are the pillars of it, for whose sake it was made, and is supported, and continued in being; the church is the pillar and ground of truth; and every good man is a pillar in the house of God, and especially ministers of the Gospel; see Revelation 3:12.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 2:8. To set them among princes — There have been many cases where, in the course of God's providence, a person has been raised from the lowest and most abject estate to the highest; from the plough to the imperial dignity: from the dungeon to the throne; from the dunghill to nobility. The story of Cincinnatus is well known; so is that of the patriarch Joseph; but there is one not less in point, that of Roushen Akhter, who was brought out of a dungeon, and exalted to the throne of Hindustan. On this circumstance the following elegant couplet was made: -
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"He was a bright star, but now is become a moon,
Joseph is taken from prison, and is become a king."
There is a play here on Roushen Akhter, which signifies a bright star; and there is an allusion to the history of the patriarch Joseph, because of the similarity of fortune between him and the Mohammedan prince.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's — He is almighty, and upholds all things by the word of his power.
