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See the marginal references. The words “before the” Lord have
special reference to his residence at the tabernacle....
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3. THE FAILURE OF ELI AND HIS SONS
CHAPTER 2:12-36
_ 1. The wicked sons of Eli (1 Samuel 2:12)_
2. Samuel before Jehovah and Hannah blessed (1 Samuel 2:18)
3. The empty warning of Eli (1 Samuel 2:...
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SAMUEL'S MINISTRY; HIS MOTHER'S YEARLY GIFT; HER OTHER CHILDREN.
1 Samuel 2:18. ephod: priestly garment (p. 101, Exodus 25:7; cf.
Exodus 25:28).
1 Samuel 2:20. blessed. said. went: used to bless, et...
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Samuel's ministry in the tabernacle
18. _Samuel ministered_ The writer dwells upon the contrast between
Samuel and the sons of Eli. We see the child attending upon Eli in the
sanctuary, growing befor...
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AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW BEFORE THE LORD— See 1 Samuel 2:26 and
Luke 2:52. As he increased in stature, he increased in wisdom; as
parents may be assured will always be the case with those children
wh...
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_Samuel's service in the Tabernacle._ 1 Samuel 2:18-26
18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord, _being_ a child, girded with
a linen ephod.
19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brough...
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_AND THE LORD VISITED HANNAH, SO THAT SHE CONCEIVED, AND BARE THREE
SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW BEFORE THE LORD._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING. THE SIN OF ELI'S SONS
1-10. The Song of Hannah.
This beautiful poem has been well called the 'Magnificat of the Old
Testament.' The song of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46)...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 2
HANNAH’S PRAYER
V1 Hannah prayed and said,
‘I am very happy when I think about the *Lord.
The *Lord has made me very strong.
I can speak...
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(11-36) The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary — The
Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli — The Doom of the House of
Ithamar....
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כִּֽי ־פָקַ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת ־חַנָּ֔ה וַ
תַּ֛הַר וַ תֵּ֥לֶד שְׁלֹשָֽׁה
־בָנִ֖ים וּ שְׁתֵּ֣י בָנֹ֑ות...
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CHAPTER IV.
_ ELI'S HOUSE._
1 Samuel 2:11.
THE notices of little Samuel, that alternate in this passage with the
sad accounts of Eli and his house, are like the green spots that vary
the dull stretc...
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GROWING BEFORE THE LORD
1 Samuel 2:12
Not only were Eli's sons strangers to the power of religion in the
heart, but they had gone to great lengths of profligacy. They had
seized on a larger share of...
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We have the record of the song of triumph sung by Hannah, in which she
set forth the might and justice of Jehovah. Thus, in the dark and
troublous times, Jehovah is seen acting toward deliverance, by...
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_Lord. He behaved well in the tabernacle, (Calmet) notwithstanding the
ill example of Heli's own sons. (Haydock)_...
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(20) And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give
thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And
they went unto their own home. (21) And the LORD visited Hannah,...
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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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_‘LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND ON THAT’_
‘Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.…
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord,
and also with men.’
1 Samu...
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In the beautiful song of 1 Samuel 2 Hannah recognises this great
principle of sovereign grace, and of the power of God; that He brings
down the proud and those who trust in the flesh, and exalts the w...
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AND THE LORD VISITED HANNAH,.... In a way of mercy, approving and
confirming the blessing of Eli; or rather granting the blessing he
prayed for, by giving her power to conceive, bear, and bring forth...
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And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three
sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
Ver. 21. _And the Lord visited Hannah._] In answer to Eli's praye...
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_Eli blessed Elkanah_, &c. This benediction given in his character of
high-priest, and that by a divine suggestion, was followed by the
desired effect, and verified what Hannah had uttered in her
prop...
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1 Hannahs song in thankefulnesse.
12 The sinne of Elies sonnes.
18 Samuels ministerie.
20 By Elies blessing, Hannah is more fruitfull.
22 Eli reprooueth his sonnes.
28 A prophecie against Elies h...
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HANNAH BLESSED BY THE LORD...
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The rejoicing prayer of Hannah is now uttered AFTER she has given up
her child. The prayer of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, reminds
us of this one, though hers was spoken before he child was bor...
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11-26 Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from
a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable
of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was c...
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VISITED, to wit, in mercy, and with his blessing, as that word is
used, GENESIS 21:1 EXODUS 13:19 JEREMIAH 15:15; not in anger, as it is
taken EXODUS 32:34 LEVITICUS 26:16. GREW; not only in age and s...
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1 Samuel 2:21 And H3588 LORD H3068 visited H6485 (H8804) Hannah H2584
conceived H2029 (H8799) bore H3205 (H8799) three H7969 sons H1121 two
H8147 daughters H1323 child H5288 Samuel H8050 grew H1431 (H...
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THE CONTRASTING BEHAVIOUR OF SAMUEL AND HIS FAMILY (1 SAMUEL 2:18).
In total contrast the young Samuel, dressed similarly to a priest even
though still a child, ministered before YHWH, and continued...
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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: Hannah's prophetic prayer. Evil sons of Eli. Samuel in the
tabernacle. The warning to Eli.
CHARACTERS: God, Hannah, Eli, Samuel, Hophni, Phinehas, Elkanah, a
prophet.
CONCLUSION: Nothing i...
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1 Samuel 2:1. _Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth._ This song is much
admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The
composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, and t...
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_And the child Samuel grew before the Lord._
GROWTH THE BEST TEST
“Where there is life there will be growth, and if grace be true, it
will surely increase. A painted flower keepeth always at the sam...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:11 At the same time that the boy Samuel
is ministering to the Lord (vv. 1 Samuel 2:11, 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel
3:1), Eli’s own two sons, Hophni and Phineas (see 1 Samuel 1:...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 2:18. “BUT.” The Levite-child is contrasted with the
grown-up priest” _(Wordsworth)_. “EPHOD.” “It does not appear
whether the Levites wore the ephod properly....
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EXPOSITION
SAMUEL'S MINISTRATIONS AT SHILOH (1 Samuel 2:11-9).
1 SAMUEL 2:11
THE CHILD DID MINISTER. Left by his parents at Shiloh, Samuel
ministered unto the Lord; that is, certain duties were allo...
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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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1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 2:26; 1 Samuel 3:19; Genesis
21:1; Judges 13:24; Luke 1:68; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52...
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Grew — Not only in age and stature; but especially in wisdom and
goodness. Before the Lord — Not only before men, who might he
deceived, but in the presence and judgment of the all — seeing God....