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Verse 1 Samuel 1:18. _LET THINE HANDMAID FIND GRACE_] Continue to
think favourably of me, and to pray for me....
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A beautiful example of the composing influence of prayer. Hannah had
cast her burden upon the Lord, and so her own spirit was relieved of
its load. She now returned to the family feast, and ate her po...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. SAMUEL THE PROPHET AND JUDGE
1. The Birth and Childhood of Samuel
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. Elkanah and his wives (1 Samuel 1:1)_
2. Hannah's prayer and vow (1 Samuel 1:9)
3. Th...
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HANNAH PRAYS FOR A CHILD. In her distress Hannah betook herself to the
sanctuary and prayed before Yahweh, _i.e._ before the Ark, for a son.
She vowed that if a son were given her, she would devote hi...
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Hannah's Prayer and its answer
9. _So Hannah rose up_ Simply AND. Hannah left the feast for which she
had not heart, and went to pray.
_Eli the priest_ Eli belonged to the house of Ithamar Aaron's fo...
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_Hannah's prayer. 1 Samuel 1:9-18_
9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had
drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of
the Lord.
10 And she _wa...
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_NOW HANNAH, SHE SPAKE IN HER HEART; ONLY HER LIPS MOVED, BUT HER
VOICE WAS NOT HEARD: THEREFORE ELI THOUGHT SHE HAD BEEN DRUNKEN._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE BIRTH OF SAMUEL
Hannah, the childless wife of Elkanah, is. grieved by her
childlessness, and prays for a son. Her prayer is heard, and in
gratitude she consecrates her child to the service of Jeh...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
INTRODUCTION TO 1 AND 2 SAMUEL
The books of 1 and 2 Samuel used to be one book. The writer wrote the
book in the *Hebrew language. Many years later, m...
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LET THINE HANDMAID FIND GRACE. — In other words, Hannah’s reply to
his loving farewell asked the old man to think kindly of her, and to
pray for her with his mighty power of prayer.
DID EAT, AND HER...
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וַ תֹּ֕אמֶר תִּמְצָ֧א שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛
חֵ֖ן בְּ עֵינֶ֑יךָ וַ תֵּ֨לֶךְ הָ
אִשָּׁ֤ה לְ דַרְכָּהּ֙ וַ...
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CHAPTER I.
_ HANNAH'S TRIAL AND TRUST._
1 Samuel 1:1.
THE prophet Samuel, like the book which bears his name, comes in as a
connecting link between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He
belonged t...
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THE CHILD DEDICATED TO GOD
1 Samuel 1:12
Here is a delightful specimen of secret fellowship with God, and its
results. Many were coming and going in the Tabernacle-court. It was no
place for private...
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The first Book of Samuel covers a period of transition in the history
of the nation, dealing with the process from the judges to the kings.
The condition of the people under the Judges, as we have see...
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And she said, Let thine handmaid find (f) grace in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more
[sad].
(f) That is, pray to the Lord for me....
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_Eyes: that thou wouldst lay aside thy suspicions against my
character, and pray (Calmet) that I may obtain so great a happiness.
--- Changed. Hebrew, "no more," as it had been sad, and defaced with
t...
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(18) And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
Reader! I do beg you to remark the blessed effects of praye...
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The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us
that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in
order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
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We find then, in the beginning of this book, priesthood existing
before God in the original form we have mentioned. Eli, pious himself,
and fearing God, maintained no order in the priestly family. The...
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AND SHE SAID, LET THINE HANDMAID FIND GRACE IN THY SIGHT,.... She had
found favour in his sight she perceives, and she desires it might be
continued and increased; and that as he had prayed for her, h...
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And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman
went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad].
Ver. 18. _Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight._] _Ineam...
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_Eli said, Go in peace_, &c. Her modest and respectful answer fully
satisfied him, and he prayed that God would grant her petition, or, as
the Chaldee interprets his words, assured her, that the God o...
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1 Elkanah a Leuite hauing two wiues, worshippeth yeerely at Shiloh.
4 Hee cherisheth Hannah, though barren, and prouoked by Peninnah.
9 Hannah in griefe, prayeth for a childe.
12 Eli first rebuking...
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THE UNHAPPINESS AND THE PRAYER OF HANNAH...
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From 1 Chronicles 6:22 we learn that Elkanah was a Levite of the sons
of Kohath. The names of four of his forebears are recorded in verse 1,
which in order of descent are Zuph (meaning "observer"); To...
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9-18 Hannah mingled tears with her prayers; she considered the mercy
of our God, who knows the troubled soul. God gives us leave, in
prayer, not only to ask good things in general, but to mention tha...
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GRACE IN THY SIGHT; that favourable opinion, and good will, and
gracious prayer, which thou hast expressed on my behalf, be pleased to
continue toward me. HER COUNTENANCE WAS NO MORE SAD; her heart be...
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1 Samuel 1:18 said H559 (H8799) maidservant H8198 find H4672 (H8799)
favor H2580 sight H5869 woman H802 went H3212 (H8799) way H1870 ate
H398 (H8799) face H6440
Let thine - Genesis 32:5, Genesis 33:8...
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HANNAH'S PRAYER FOR A SON AND HOW SHE BECAME CONFIDENT THAT YHWH HAD
ANSWERED HER PRAYER (1 SAMUEL 1:9).
In this passage Hannah prays desperately for a son, and promises YHWH
that if He will grant he...
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1 SAMUEL 1-4
_(with Judges 21:16)_
I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great
fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes
an admirable servant, who doe...
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CONTENTS: The vow of Hannah and the birth of Samuel.
CHARACTERS: God, Eli, Elkhanah, Hannah, Samuel, Peninnah.
CONCLUSION: Prayer is heart's ease to a gracious soul. If we seek on
the basis of God's...
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1 Samuel 1:1. _Ramathaim-zophim._ The latter name being plural, refers
to high towers; but Ramathaim was afterwards called Arimathea, the
town of Joseph the ruler, twenty miles from Jerusalem. But Zup...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:12 Eli assumes that Hannah is DRUNK and
therefore rebukes her. This shows his devotion to the law, which
forbade drunkenness in the sanctuary.
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
1 Samuel 1:13. “SHE SPAKE IN HER HEART.” Prayer is almost always
oral in the East, even in public (_Kitto_).
1 Samuel 1:14. “PUT AWAY THY WINE FROM THEE,” _i.e._, sle...
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This book presents the history, the personal history of Samuel who was
the last of the Judges. It ushers in the beginning of the period of
the kings in the children of Israel, or among the children of...
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Ecclesiastes 9:7; Genesis 32:5; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 33:8; John
16:24; Philippians 4:6; Philippians 4:7; Romans 15:13; Ruth 2:13...
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Find grace — That favourable opinion and gracious prayer which thou
hast expressed on my behalf, be pleased to continue towards me. Sad
— Her heart being cheared by the priest's comfortable words, and...