Ten Horns Raised in Scripture from Hannah's Prayer

Midrash Shmuel 4:3

"My horn is exalted in the LORD" (1 Samuel 2:1). There are ten horns: the horn of Abraham, "My beloved had a vineyard on a fruitful hill" — literally, "on a horn, the son of oil" (Isaiah 5:1); the horn of Isaac, "and behold, a ram caught in the thicket by its horns" (Genesis 22:13); the horn of Moses, "and Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone" — that is, sent forth horns of light (Exodus 34:29); the horn of the Torah, "and his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand" (Habakkuk 3:4); the horn of Joseph, "his firstling bullock, majesty is his, and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox" (Deuteronomy 33:17); the horn of the priesthood, "he has scattered, he has given to the needy; [his horn shall be exalted in honor]" (Psalms 112:9); the horn of the Levites, "all these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn, etc." (1 Chronicles 25:5); the horn of prophecy, "my horn is exalted in the LORD" (1 Samuel 2:1); the horn of the Temple, "from the horns of the wild-oxen You have answered me" (Psalms 22:22); and the horn of Israel, "and He has lifted up a horn for His people" (Psalms 148:14).

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