THE KING AND HIS HORN

A KING: is one vested with the authority or dominion over a kingdom or community.  Someone especially a male who exercises authority over a large group of people.
THE HORN: 1Sam 2:10c He will give strength to His king and exalt the HORN of His anointed.(NKJV)
He will strengthen His king and exalt the POWER of his anointed (NET)
Horn in the Mosaic age signified “Authority” it can also be seen as a symbol of royal dignity and strength. An emblem of power, dominance and fierceness as they are major means of attack and defense even by the animals having them.
This piece seeks to reveal the STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS of the “Horn” which signifies Authority (Hebrew: Toqeph< to`-kef> power, strength, energy).
The power of a man or a king is often measured by the extent to which he exercises his authority on his subjects, this authority though sometimes might be limited or unlimited. The strength and weakness of such authority are mostly viewed by the “actions” and “inactions” of the man exercising it at that given time or period.
A man with authority is likely to be a self reliant man and such a man is morally certain to display some weakness. A man again who is consciously strong at some point, is likely to think that his authority at that point will make up for his carelessness at other points, for example you often see men of great intellect who are morally weak and loose and who count on their intellectual authority to cover up for their moral deficiency.
The man who is financially strong is now and then tempted to believe that money can carry him over the lack of courtesy or consideration for others.
All these can be exemplified in biblical characters and heroes such as the followings:

KING DAVID`S LUST AND MURDER: King David was a man vested with so much authority to the point that a tender age as a youth (30 years) in his time, he was already a king(2 Sam 5:4). Never lost a battle or a war, reigned in authority over Hebron and Israel. King David however through his depraved desires ostentatiously exercised authority in gaining a carnal knowledge of married Bethesheba(Uriah`s wife) and single handedly masterminded the death of Uriah via his authority .

KING SOLOMON`S LUXIRIOUSNESS:  King Solomon reigned in authority over all the land conquered by his father David without fighting a single battle throughout his reign, God granted unto him wisdom through which he acquired so much wealth and fame( 1Kings 10:14-29), gained so much authority even beyond his territory (even part of Egypt) with his authority he converted all the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites in Israel  into the slave labour force of the land, converted all Israelites into his fighting men, officials in various capacities in the land. King Solomon however loved many foreign women, married seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines (a community).

Among the aforementioned are:
Abraham`s falsehood
Samson`s  virility and fall
Moses’ zealousness and anger
Peter`s dominion and pretence etc.
All of these characters dully exercised authority in their various capacities, attracted the regards and submission of their followers, walked in authority to attain successes in various heights , though these authority were of no doubt not void of weakness as seen in their various shortfalls.