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UNTIL THE CHILD BE WEANED - Hebrew mothers, as elsewhere in the East,
usually suckled their children until the age of two complete years,
sometimes until the age of three....
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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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CHILD. young child.
FOR EVER. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Whole), App-6. The whole
put for. portion; i.e. as long as he lives. Put literally in 1 Samuel
1:28....
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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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_until the child be weaned_ He would then be two or three years old.
It is still a common practice in the East to suckle children for two
years: and in ancient times they were sometimes not weaned til...
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I WILL NOT GO UP UNTIL, &C.— There is nothing in the Hebrew for, _I
will not go up._ It has been observed, that Elkanah and Hannah treat
one another with the greatest propriety and tenderness, and pre...
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_Samuel's birth._ 1 Samuel 1:19-23
19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the
Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew
Hannah his wife; and the Lo...
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_BUT HANNAH WENT NOT UP; FOR SHE SAID UNTO HER HUSBAND, I WILL NOT GO
UP UNTIL THE CHILD BE WEANED, AND THEN I WILL BRING HIM, THAT HE MAY
APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD, AND THERE ABIDE FOR EVER._
But Hanna...
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UNTIL THE CHILD BE WEANED] After this the ordinary attendants at the
Tabernacle would be able to take charge of him. In the Koran the usual
time for weaning is stated to be the age of two years....
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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 Jeho...
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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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UNTIL THE CHILD BE WEANED. — Weaning, we know, took place very late
among the Hebrews. From 2Ma. 7:27, it appears that Hebrew mothers were
in the habit of suckling their children for three years. The...
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וְ חַנָּ֖ה לֹ֣א עָלָ֑תָה כִּֽי
־אָמְרָ֣ה לְ
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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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(21) And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the
LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. (22) But Hannah went not up;
for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the ch...
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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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BUT HANNAH WENT NOT UP,.... For women, though they might go if they
pleased to the yearly feasts, yet they were not obliged to it; whether
she went up at the time for her purification, and for the pre...
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But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go
up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will bring him, that he
may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
Ver. 22...
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_I will not go up till the child be weaned_ Not only from the breast,
but from the mother's knee and care, and childish food. She was not
bound by the law to go up with her husband; and therefore, tho...
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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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But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go
up until the child be weaned, which occurred at the age of three
years, AND THEN I WILL BRING HIM THAT HE MAY APPEAR BEFORE THE LOR...
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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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HANNAH WENT NOT UP, to wit, at that sacred anniversary feast, to which
she went up before but now did not, because she could not with
satisfaction to her mind and conscience appear before the Lord emp...
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1 Samuel 1:22 Hannah H2584 up H5927 (H8804) said H559 (H8804) husband
H376 child H5288 weaned H1580 ...
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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 does...
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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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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
1 Samuel 1:21. “YEARLY SACRIFICE” literally, the “offering of
the days,”—the Israelites’ customary and obligatory annual
sacrifice. The “offering of the days “is, as it...
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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 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel
3:1
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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
Jeremiah...
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Weaned — Not only from the breast, but also from the mother's knee
and care, and from childish food; 'till the child be something grown
up, and fit to do some service in the tabernacle: for it seems t...