1 Samuel 2:32

“And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, etc.] Either the Philistines in the land of Israel, where God chose to dwell, who quickly after made war against Israel, and pitched in Aphek, (<090401>1 Samuel 4:1) or, as in the margin of our Bibles, and other versions f62, “thou shalt see the affliction of the tabernacle”; as he did when the ark of God was taken, at the news of which he died, (<090417>1 Samuel 4:17,18) and so the Targum understands it of affliction and calamity, yet not of the house of God, but of his own house; paraphrasing the words thus, “and thou shall see the calamity that shall come upon the men of thine house, for the sins which they have committed before me in the…”

“thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation--A successful rival for the office of high priest shall rise out of another family (Sa2 15:35; Ch1 24:3; Ch1 29:22). But the marginal reading, "thou shalt see the affliction of the tabernacle," seems to be a preferable translation. Next: 1 Samuel Chapter 3”

“The original text is rather obscure and difficult of construction, but the King James Version probably gives the sense of it. The margin gives another meaning. In all the wealth ... - The allusion is particularly to Solomon’s reign, when Zadok was made priest instead of Abiathar, 1 Kings 2:26-27. (See 1 Kings 4:20 ff) The enormous number of sacrifices then offered must have been a great source of wealth to the priests 1 Kings 8:63-66. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Shalt see, &c - The words may be rendered; thou shalt see, in thy own person, the affliction, or calamity of my habitation; that is, either of the land of Israel, wherein I dwell; or of the sanctuary, called the habitation by way of eminency, whose greatest glory the ark was, Sa1 4:21-22, and consequently, whose greatest calamity the loss of the ark was; for, or instead of all that good wherewith God would have blessed Israel, having raised up a young prophet Samuel, and thereby given good grounds of hope that he intended to bless Israel, if thou and thy sons had not hindered it by your sins. So this clause of the threatning concerns Eli's person, as the following concerns his posterity. And…”

“2:32-33 live out their days: In the Old Testament, a short life often expresses God’s disfavor, while long life represents God’s blessing (cp. Gen 15:15; 1 Kgs 3:14; Ps 91:16).”

“an enemy: etc. Or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel. This appears to be the right translation; for, agreeably to this prediction, he did see the tabernacle deprived of the ark, which was its glory, and lived to hear that it was captured by the Philistines. Sa1 4:4, Sa1 4:11, Sa1 4:22; Psa 78:59-64 an old man: Zac 8:4 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 2:33”