Yahweh kills, and makes alive: He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
Hannah’s song contains a reference to a king that God would raise up as His anointed representative to lead Israel (1 Samuel 2:10). This is one of a few such references made by an ordinary Israelite that God recorded in Scripture (cf. Judges 8:22-23). God had revealed through Moses that in the future He would provide a king for His people (Deuteronomy 17). God revealed His purpose to set up a king over His people as early as Genesis (Genesis 17:6; Genesis 17:16; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 49:10; cf. Genesis 1:26-28). Hannah’s reference to this king shows that the people of Israel looked forward to the fulfillment of that promise. Shortly after this the people demanded a king from God (1 Samuel 8:4-7).