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1 Samuel 2:5

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread, having been reduced to the most pitiful straits; and they that were hungry ceased, receiving the food which they need by the mercy of God, so that the barren hath born seven, Psalms 113:9; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble, having been bereaved of her children in her old age, Jeremiah 15:9.

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See also 1 Samuel 2:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 2:5. THEY THAT WERE _FULL_] All the things mentioned in these verses frequently happen in the course of the Divine providence; and indeed it is the particular providence of God that Han...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See an instance in 1 Samuel 2:36. See, too, in Ezekiel 13:19, another example of hire paid in bread. CEASED - i. e. were at rest, did no work. The general sense is expressed by the translation of the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. HANNAH'S PROPHETIC SONG CHAPTER 2:1 - 10 _ 1. The praise of Jehovah-God (1 Samuel 2:1)_ 2. Jehovah's power and grace in deliverance (1 Samuel 2:4) 3. The prophetic outlook (1 Samuel 2:9) Hannah...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SONG OF HANNAH. This poem is quite unsuited to Hannah's circumstances; its theology is too advanced for primitive times (1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Samuel 2:8), and the reference to the king ...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CHILDREN. sons....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    1 Samuel 2:1-11. The Song of Hannah Hannah's song is a true prophecy. She is inspired "to discern in her own individual experience the universal laws of the divine economy, and to recognise its signi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ceased_ i.e. are at rest: need toil no more: or, cease to be hungry. _seven_ A perfect family. Cp. Ruth 4:15. _is waxed feeble_ By the loss of her children. Cp. Jeremiah 15:9....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This knowledge and justice apportion to all their due, and reverse conditions of life contrary to all expectation. Sennacherib's host is annihilated: Gideon's handful triumphs....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 282 HANNAH’S SONG OF THANKSGIVING 1 Samuel 2:1. 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; becaus...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THEY THAT WERE HUNGRY, CEASED— Houbigant renders this, _they that were oppressed with famine, shall no longer be so; whilst the barren shall bring forth seven, and she who had many children shall...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Hannah's Song of Solomon 2:1-11_ 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 sal...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 h...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SEVEN] the number of completeness, perfection....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEY THAT WERE FULL. — Another image to illustrate the vicissitudes of human affairs is sketched, one very familiar to the dwellers among the cornfields and vineyards of Canaan. THE BARREN HATH BORN S...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שְׂבֵעִ֤ים בַּ † לֶּ֨חֶם֙ נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ וּ רְעֵבִ֖ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER III. _ HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING._ 1 Samuel 2:1. THE emotion that filled Hannah's breast after she had granted Samuel to the Lord, and left him settled at Shiloh, was one of triumphant j...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE GOD OF THE LOWLY 1 Samuel 2:1 Hannah's song was to inspire David, the Virgin-Mother, and countless others to sing hymns of praise. So the song of a bird will set the whole woodland ringing with t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [They that were] full have hired out themselves for (e) bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. (e) They sell t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Many. Hebrew, "seven," which is often used in the same sense. Anna had never more than six children; (Calmet) whereas Phenenna had perhaps ten, chap. i. 8., and iii. 21. (Haydock) --- The Rabbins pret...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. (5) They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the b...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEY THAT ARE FULL HAVE HIRED OUT THEMSELVES FOR BREAD,.... Such as have been full of the good things of this life have been stripped of all, and reduced to such circumstances as to be obliged to hire...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    1 Samuel 2:5 [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. Ver. 5...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Have hired themselves out for bread_ They that formerly lived in affluence have been so reduced as to be obliged to labour hard for daily bread. _They that were hungry ceased_ That is, ceased to suff...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Hannah's heart rejoiced, not in Samuel, but in the Lord. She looks beyond the gift, and praises the Giver. She rejoiced in the salvation of the Lord, and in expectation of His coming, who is the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HAVE HIRED THEMSELVES OUT FOR BREAD, through extreme necessity, into which they are fallen from their greatest plenty. It is the same thing which is expressed both in divers metaphors in the foregoing...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 2:5 full H7649 hired H7936 (H8738) bread H3899 hungry H7457 ceased H2308 (H8804) barren H6135 borne...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRAYER-PROPHECY OF HANNAH (1 SAMUEL 2:1). This prayer-prophecy should be seen as continuing the thought of 1 Samuel 1. It does, however, summarise the message of the whole book, leading up to the...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord._ HANNAH’S SONG Modern criticism has decided, to its own satisfaction, that the noble hymn here attributed to Hannah, cannot possibly have...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:1 Hannah’s song is very similar to the prayer of Mary in Luke 1:46. There are also many similarities to psalms and other passages of the OT—especially Psalm 113—as the nume...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:5 SEVEN. Hannah actually had only six children, including Samuel (v. 1 Samuel 2:21). This is a general statement, and seven is a poetic number for

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:1. “AND HANNAH PRAYED.” “Hymns are wont to be comprehended under the name of prayers” (Psalms 71:20). “It was the most ancient way of preserving the memory of...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION HANNAH'S SONG OF PRAISE (1 Samuel 2:1). 1 SAMUEL 2:1 AND HANNAH PRAYED AND SAID. Like the Magnificat, Hannah's hymn of thanksgiving begins with the temporal mercies accorded to hers

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 1:6; Galatians 4:27; Isaiah 54:1; Jeremiah 15:9

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN HANNAH 1 Samuel 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two prayers which fell from the lips of Hannah. The first is described in chapter 1, of I Samuel. It was a prayer full of we...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hired themselves out for bread — It is the same thing which is expressed both in divers metaphors in the foregoing, and following verses. Ceased — That is, ceased to be hungry. Seven — That is, many,...

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