None Holy Like Yahweh I Samuel 2:2
The book of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible (spanning 1 and 2 Samuel in our Bibles) displays exquisite literary crafting. It is framed by two prayers: Hannah's prayer of thanksgiving in 1 Samuel 2 and David's song of deliverance in 2 Samuel 22. Hannah's prayer echoes the Song of the Rock (Deut. 32) and sees in her own experience a picture of Yahweh's continuing faithfulness to Israel, which will result in a king. The book of Samuel tells the story of how God cast down the houses of Eli and Saul and raised up his humble king, David.
First Samuel 2:2 is a crucial verse: "There is no one holy like the LORD, / Indeed, there is no one besides You / Nor is there any rock like our God." Yahweh as holy and as rock encapsulates the entirety of the book of Samuel.
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