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35 Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a lasting dynasty,[a] and he will serve my chosen one for all time.[b] 36 Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money[c] and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, “Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:35 tn Heb “house.”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:35 tn Heb “and he will walk about before my anointed one all the days.”
  3. 1 Samuel 2:36 tn Heb “a piece of silver” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).