Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
All Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:31 Go To 1 Samuel 2
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Arm, strength or children. I will slay some; others I will reduce to extreme want. Some explain it of the ark, which was the protection of Israel. (Calmet)
Old man, to govern. (Du Hamel)
It is often a title of dignity. But the four succeeding pontiffs did not live long. In the course of little more than 100 years, the last was deposed. (Calmet)
