_AND HANNAH PRAYED, AND SAID, MY HEART REJOICETH IN THE LORD, MINE HORN IS EXALTED IN THE LORD: MY MOUTH IS ENLARGED OVER MINE ENEMIES; BECAUSE I REJOICE IN THY SALVATION._ Hannah prayed, and said. Praise and prayer are inseparably conjoined in Scripture (Colossians 4:2; 1 Timothy 2:1). This beauti... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE IS NONE HOLY AS THE LORD: FOR THERE IS NONE BESIDE THEE: NEITHER IS THERE ANY ROCK LIKE OUR GOD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY THAT WERE FULL HAVE HIRED OUT THEMSELVES FOR BREAD; AND THEY THAT WERE HUNGRY CEASED: SO THAT THE BARREN HATH BORN SEVEN; AND SHE THAT HATH MANY CHILDREN IS WAXED FEEBLE._ They that were full have hired out themselves for bread х_ SªBEE`IYM_ (H7649)] - satisfied, having abundance. THEY THAT... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD KILLETH, AND MAKETH ALIVE: HE BRINGETH DOWN TO THE GRAVE, AND BRINGETH UP._ He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up - i:e., he reduces to the lowest state of degradation and misery, and restores to prosperity and happiness.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD MAKETH POOR, AND MAKETH RICH: HE BRINGETH LOW, AND LIFTETH UP._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE RAISETH UP THE POOR OUT OF THE DUST, AND LIFTETH UP THE BEGGAR FROM THE DUNGHILL, TO SET THEM AMONG PRINCES, AND TO MAKE THEM INHERIT THE THRONE OF GLORY: FOR THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH ARE THE LORD'S, AND HE HATH SET THE WORLD UPON THEM._ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up th... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE WILL KEEP THE FEET OF HIS SAINTS, AND THE WICKED SHALL BE SILENT IN DARKNESS; FOR BY STRENGTH SHALL NO MAN PREVAIL._ He will keep the feet of his saints - a poetical figure, meaning, 'He will preserve them from error or sin.' AND THE WICKED SHALL BE SILENT IN DARKNESS - i:e., when reduced to... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ADVERSARIES OF THE LORD SHALL BE BROKEN TO PIECES; OUT OF HEAVEN SHALL HE THUNDER UPON THEM: THE LORD SHALL JUDGE THE ENDS OF THE EARTH; AND HE SHALL GIVE STRENGTH UNTO HIS KING, AND EXALT THE HORN OF HIS ANOINTED._ The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth ... exalt the horn of his anointed.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ELKANAH WENT TO RAMAH TO HIS HOUSE. AND THE CHILD DID MINISTER UNTO THE LORD BEFORE ELI THE PRIEST._ The child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. He must have been engaged in some occupation suited to his tender age, as in playing upon the cymbals, or other instruments of music;... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE SONS OF ELI WERE SONS OF BELIAL; THEY KNEW NOT THE LORD._ Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, х_ BªNEEY_ (H1121) _ BªLIYAA`AL_ (H1100), sons of worthlessness (cf. Deuteronomy 14:13; Judges 19:22; Judges 20:13, where the phrase occurs in a slightly altered form)] - not only careless an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRIESTS' CUSTOM WITH THE PEOPLE WAS, THAT, WHEN ANY MAN OFFERED SACRIFICE, THE PRIEST'S SERVANT CAME, WHILE THE FLESH WAS IN SEETHING, WITH A FLESHHOOK OF THREE TEETH IN HIS HAND;_ The priest's custom with the people. When persons wished to present a sacrifice of peace offering on the alta... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE STRUCK IT INTO THE PAN, OR KETTLE, OR CALDRON, OR POT; ALL THAT THE FLESHHOOK BROUGHT UP THE PRIEST TOOK FOR HIMSELF. SO THEY DID IN SHILOH UNTO ALL THE ISRAELITES THAT CAME THITHER._ STRUCK IT INTO THE ... CALDRON. The antiquity and use of the caldron are proved by Job 41:10, and references... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO BEFORE THEY BURNT THE FAT, THE PRIEST'S SERVANT CAME, AND SAID TO THE MAN THAT SACRIFICED, GIVE FLESH TO ROAST FOR THE PRIEST; FOR HE WILL NOT HAVE SODDEN FLESH OF THEE, BUT RAW._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT SAMUEL MINISTERED BEFORE THE LORD, BEING A CHILD, GIRDED WITH A LINEN EPHOD._ But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child. This break in the historical notice of Eli's sons was made, not for the purpose of exhibiting a contrast advantageous to the character of Samuel, but of noticing... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER HIS MOTHER MADE HIM A LITTLE COAT, AND BROUGHT IT TO HIM FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WHEN SHE CAME UP WITH HER HUSBAND TO OFFER THE YEARLY SACRIFICE._ HIS MOTHER MADE HIM A LITTLE COAT, AND BROUGHT IT TO HIM FROM YEAR TO YEAR. Aware that he could not yet render any useful service to the tabernacle,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife. This blessing like that which he had formerly pronounced, had a prophetic virtue, which ere long appea... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW ELI WAS VERY OLD, AND HEARD ALL THAT HIS SONS DID UNTO ALL ISRAEL; AND HOW THEY LAY WITH THE WOMEN THAT ASSEMBLED AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ The women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle х_ HATSOBª'OWT_ (H6633) _ PETACH_ (H6607) _ 'OHEL _ (H168) _ MOW`EED_ (H4... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, WHY DO YE SUCH THINGS? FOR I HEAR OF YOUR EVIL DEALINGS BY ALL THIS PEOPLE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF ONE MAN SIN AGAINST ANOTHER, THE JUDGE SHALL JUDGE HIM: BUT IF A MAN SIN AGAINST THE LORD, WHO SHALL INTREAT FOR HIM? NOTWITHSTANDING THEY HEARKENED NOT UNTO THE VOICE OF THEIR FATHER, BECAUSE THE LORD WOULD SLAY THEM._ They hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because (it should be th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW ON, AND WAS IN FAVOUR BOTH WITH THE LORD, AND ALSO WITH MEN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD UNTO ELI, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD, DID I PLAINLY APPEAR UNTO_ _ AND THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD UNTO ELI, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD, DID I PLAINLY APPEAR UNTO THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER, WHEN THEY WERE IN EGYPT IN PHARAOH'S HOUSE?_ And there came a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DID I CHOOSE HIM OUT OF ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TO BE MY PRIEST, TO OFFER UPON MINE ALTAR, TO BURN INCENSE, TO WEAR AN EPHOD BEFORE ME? AND DID I GIVE UNTO THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER ALL THE OFFERINGS MADE BY FIRE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL?_ Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE KICK YE AT MY SACRIFICE AND AT MINE OFFERING, WHICH I HAVE COMMANDED IN MY HABITATION; AND HONOUREST THY SONS ABOVE ME, TO MAKE YOURSELVES FAT WITH THE CHIEFEST OF ALL THE OFFERINGS OF ISRAEL MY PEOPLE?_ Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering? - namely, by tolerating the... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL SAITH, I SAID INDEED THAT THY HOUSE, AND THE HOUSE OF THY FATHER, SHOULD WALK BEFORE ME FOR EVER: BUT NOW THE LORD SAITH, BE IT FAR FROM ME; FOR THEM THAT HONOUR ME I WILL HONOUR, AND THEY THAT DESPISE ME SHALL BE LIGHTLY ESTEEMED._ I said indeed, that thy house, a... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME, THAT I WILL CUT OFF THINE ARM, AND THE ARM OF THY FATHER'S HOUSE, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE AN OLD MAN IN THINE HOUSE._ Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, х_ ZªROA`_ (H2220), the arm; also strength, power; and hence, the ph... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT SEE AN ENEMY IN MY HABITATION, IN ALL THE WEALTH WHICH GOD SHALL GIVE ISRAEL: AND THERE SHALL NOT BE AN OLD MAN IN THINE HOUSE FOR EVER._ And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel. Eli's family were not thrust out from the priesthood... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MAN OF THINE, WHOM I SHALL NOT CUT OFF FROM MINE ALTAR, SHALL BE TO CONSUME THINE EYES, AND TO GRIEVE THINE HEART: AND ALL THE INCREASE OF THINE HOUSE SHALL DIE IN THE FLOWER OF THEIR AGE._ And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar ... - i:e., those of your descendants... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO THEE, THAT SHALL COME UPON THY TWO SONS, ON HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS; IN ONE DAY THEY SHALL DIE BOTH OF THEM._ And this shall be a sign unto thee. It was not unusual for the prophets to foretell the occurrence of some remarkable event which was soon to happen, that its bei... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL RAISE ME UP A FAITHFUL PRIEST, THAT SHALL DO ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH IS IN MINE HEART AND IN MY MIND: AND I WILL BUILD HIM A SURE HOUSE; AND HE SHALL WALK BEFORE MINE ANOINTED FOR EVER._ I will raise me up a faithful priest. Although not expressed, it is plainly implied that this priest... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT EVERY ONE THAT IS LEFT IN THINE HOUSE SHALL COME AND CROUCH TO HIM FOR A PIECE OF SILVER AND A MORSEL OF BREAD, AND SHALL SAY, PUT ME, I PRAY THEE, INTO ONE OF THE PRIESTS' OFFICES, THAT I MAY EAT A PIECE OF BREAD._ Every one that is left ... shall ... crouch to him... [ Continue Reading ]