1. 1 Samuel 2:35 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does it mean for the LORD to do according to what is in his heart and mind?

1 Samuel 2:35 (ESV)

35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.

The basic meaning of this phrase is that the Lord will do as he intends and desires. The word pair in view appears in many passages of Scripture (Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 11:13; Joshua 22:5; Psalm 13:2).1