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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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SAMUEL IS BORN AND DEDICATED TO YAHWEH. The family went home and in
due time a son was born to Hannah, whom she called Shemuel (Samuel),
possibly, His name is God. His Name = Yahweh, _i.e._ Yahweh is...
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A. the....
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Samuel's infancy and dedication to Jehovah
21. _his vow_ This assumes that Elkanah as well as Hannah had made a
vow. The Sept. reads "his vows and all the tithes of his land." Cp.
Deuteronomy 12:11....
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_Samuel presented to the Lord._ 1 Samuel 1:24-28
24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three
bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought
him unto the...
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_AND THEY SLEW A BULLOCK, AND BROUGHT THE CHILD TO ELI._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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WITH THREE BULLOCKS... AND THEY SLEW A BULLOCK. — There at first
sight seems a discrepancy here, and the LXX. translators seem to have
felt it, for they read, instead of “three bullocks,” “a bullock
o...
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וַֽ יִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ אֶת ־הַ פָּ֑ר וַ
יָּבִ֥יאוּ אֶת ־הַ נַּ֖עַר אֶל
־עֵלִֽי׃...
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CHAPTER II.
_ HANNAH'S FAITH REWARDED._
1 Samuel 1:19.
IN all the transactions recorded in these verse, we see in Hannah the
directing and regulating power of the family; while Elkanah appears
acqui...
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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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(25) And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
The offerings were costly. Here was the sin-offering, and the burnt
offering, and the peace offering, all presented. It was the custom in
t...
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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 THEY SLEW A BULLOCK,.... One of the three Hannah brought, unless
the singular is put for the plural, and so all three were slain, some
for sacrifice, and some for food perhaps; or if only one was...
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And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
Ver. 25. _And brought the child to Eli._] Not without a gratuity, that
he might have the more care of the child....
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_They slew a bullock_ The three bullocks mentioned 1 Samuel 1:22, the
singular number being put for the plural, which is frequent. _As thy
soul liveth_ As surely as thou livest. Which asseveration she...
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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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SAMUEL BORN AND BROUGHT TO SHILOH...
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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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19-28 Elkanah and his family had a journey before them, and a family
of children to take with them, yet they would not move till they had
worshipped God together. Prayer and provender do not hinder a...
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A BULLOCK; either, first, One of the three at the present, reserving
the rest for the future. Or, secondly, The three bullocks mentioned 1
SAMUEL 1:24, to which the article here added, in the Hebrew,...
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1 Samuel 1:25 slaughtered H7819 (H8799) bull H6499 brought H935
(H8686) child H5288 Eli H5941
brought - Luke 2:22, Luke 18:15-16...
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THEY RETURN HOME AND SAMUEL IS BORN, AND WHEN HE IS WEANED HE IS GIVEN
TO YHWH (1 SAMUEL 1:21).
In accordance with Hannah's faith she bears a son, and will not again
go up to the Temple until she can...
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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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_And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three
bullocks._
THE DUTY OF PRESENTING CHILDREN TO GOD IN THE WAY OF RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION
There is nothing more characteristic of Christi...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
1 Samuel 1:24. Hebrew mothers were accustomed to suckle their children
for three years (2Ma. 7:27). “A child three years old is not
troublesome in the East, and his nur...
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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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Luke 18:15; Luke 18:16; Luke 2:22...
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A LIFE DEDICATED TO GOD
1 Samuel 1:21
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are studying today the story of a man who was noted for his piety,
and purity, and prayer. He was not a Prophet as was Isaiah, or
Jeremia...
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A bullock — The three bullocks mentioned 1 Samuel 1:24, the singular
number being put for the plural, which is frequent....