Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Samuel 1:25
And they slew a bullock, as a burnt offering to accompany the consecration of Samuel, and brought the child to Eli, for both parents presented him to the Lord.
And they slew a bullock, as a burnt offering to accompany the consecration of Samuel, and brought the child to Eli, for both parents presented him to the Lord.
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...
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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_they slew a bullock_ THE BULLOCK; viz. the one which had been brought as a dedicatory offering with the child: the sacrifice of the others is taken for granted. We may try to picture the scene. Elkan...
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....
_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...
_AND THEY SLEW A BULLOCK, AND BROUGHT THE CHILD TO ELI._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
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...
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...
וַֽ יִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ אֶת ־הַ פָּ֑ר וַ יָּבִ֥יאוּ
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
1 Samuel 1:25 slaughtered H7819 (H8799) bull H6499 brought H935 (H8686) child H5288 Eli H5941 brought -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Luke 18:15; Luke 18:16; Luke 2:22...
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...
A bullock — The three bullocks mentioned 1 Samuel 1:24, the singular number being put for the plural, which is frequent....