1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 1. Elkanah goeth yearly up to the feast at Shiloh with his two wives: Hannah is barren; Peninnah upbraideth her, 1 SAMUEL 1:1. Hannah prayeth fervently to the Lord for a son; promising to separate him a Nazarite unto God, 1 SAMUEL 1:7. Eli thinking her drunk rebuketh her; upon her... [ Continue Reading ]
HE HAD TWO WIVES; as divers other good men had in those ages. And it is probable that he took a second wife, to wit, Peninnah, because Hannah, who being first named seems to have been his first wife, was barren.... [ Continue Reading ]
YEARLY, to wit, at one of the solemn feasts, which probably was the passover, when he not only went up himself, but carried his wife and children with him. Compare 1 SAMUEL 1:7. Or, _at the appointed days or times_; Heb. _from days to days_; or, _from time to time_, i.e. at the three solemn feasts,... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 4. To wit, out of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings, the greatest part whereof fell to the offerer, and was eaten by him and his friends or guests before the Lord, LE 3 LE 7 DEU 12:12 16:11; and out of this he gave them all parts or portions, as the master of the feast used to do to guests.... [ Continue Reading ]
A WORTHY PORTION, or, _an honourable_ or _select part_, such as the master of the feast usually gave to the person most respected or beloved. See GENESIS 43:34 1 SAMUEL 9:23,24. HE LOVED HANNAH, with a singular and eminent love. Compare GENESIS 29:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
HER ADVERSARY, or, _her troubler_, or _vexer_, or _enemy_; for so her envy or jealousy made her, though so nearly related. Compare GENESIS 29:30 LEVITICUS 18:18. TO MAKE HER FRET, against her husband, or against God, or within herself.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS HE DID SO, i.e. either as oft as he went and carried them with him to worship; or as Elkanah expressed peculiar kindness to Hannah, as was said, 1 SAMUEL 1:5. YEAR BY YEAR, i.e. every year, at the days or times mentioned, 1 SAMUEL 1:3. WHEN SHE WENT UP TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. This circumstance... [ Continue Reading ]
Oughtest thou not to value my hearty love to thee, more than the having of as many sons as Peninnah hath? She would willingly change conditions with thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THEY HAD EATEN, i.e. Elkanah and his company, except Hannah. Or, _she_; for though at first she eat nothing, yet upon her husband's invitation and encouragement she might eat afterwards; though the former may seem more probable. UPON A SEAT, or _throne_; for it is manifest it was raised higher... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE WAS IN BITTERNESS OF SOUL, i.e. oppressed with grief, as that phrase is used, JOB 7:11, JOB 10:1 RUTH 1:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE VOWED A VOW; knowing that her husband would willingly consent to it, otherwise she had not power to do it. IF THOU WILT INDEED LOOK ON, to wit, favourably, so as to remove it. THE AFFLICTION, i.e. the barrenness and reproach which attends it. GIVE HIM UNTO THE LORD, i.e. consecrate him to God's... [ Continue Reading ]
AS SHE CONTINUED PRAYING, Heb. _multiplied to pray_. By which it appears that she said much more than is here expressed. And the like you are to judge of the prayers and sermons of other holy persons recorded in Scripture, which gives us only the sum and substance of them; which consideration may he... [ Continue Reading ]
HER VOICE WAS NOT HEARD; partly, to avoid the suspicion of vain-glory; partly, because she would not have others acquainted with her barrenness, which was matter of reproach; and partly, because she would not disturb others, who at this solemn feast were probably employed there in the same work. ELI... [ Continue Reading ]
Come not before the Lord in thy drunkenness, but go and sleep it out, and repent of this thy sin.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM A WOMEN; in whom drunkenness is most abominable; so that the Romans punished it with death; therefore judge me not so severely. OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT; and therefore not likely to give up myself to drink and jollity, and far from that merry temper which drunkards have: I am drunk with affliction... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR A DAUGHTER OF BELIAL; for such a wicked monster, as a drunken woman is. The oppression of my spirits hath forced me to speak, and that so liberally at this time, for the case of my sinking heart.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO IN PEACE; I recall my censure, and give thee my blessing, and wish thee peace, i.e. a quiet and composed mind, free from whatsoever it is that grieves and oppresses thee; and withal, good success and prosperity in what thou desirest; for _peace_ is a very comprehensive word among the Hebrews. GRA... [ Continue Reading ]
GRACE IN THY SIGHT; that favourable opinion, and good will, and gracious prayer, which thou hast expressed on my behalf, be pleased to continue toward me. HER COUNTENANCE WAS NO MORE SAD; her heart being cheered by the priest's comfortable words, and especially by God's Spirit setting them home upon... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY ROSE UP IN THE MORNING EARLY; partly for their journey, and partly for prayer, as it follows, for which this was a very fit and usual time, PSALMS 5:3, PSALMS 119:147. REMEMBERED HER, i.e. manifested his remembrance of her by the effect.... [ Continue Reading ]
So the sense is, When the usual time from the conception to the birth was past, she brought forth her son. Heb. _in or after the revolution, or expiration of some days, Hannah conceived, and_ in due time BARE A SON. So the meaning is, That although her husband knew her conjugally at his return, and... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL HIS HOUSE, i.e. his wife Peninnah, and his children, which are ofttimes called a man's house in Scripture, Hannah only and her child excepted, as it here follows. THE YEARLY SACRIFICE; that solemn sacrifice which was offered up once every year; probably the paschal lamb, which is oft called a sa... [ Continue Reading ]
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 empty, or without paying her vow; nor bring her child thither to God, and then carry him away from God... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD ESTABLISH HIS WORD; either, first, The word of God made known to them by Eli, above, 1 SAMUEL 4:17, which being delivered by God's high priest, and that in answer to his and his wife's prayers, he took to be a kind of oracle sent from God. But that word was already fulfilled in the birth of... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE BULLOCKS; either, first, One to be offered at that time; the other two presented to the priest, whether for his own use, or to be offered afterwards, as he saw fit. Or, secondly, One for a burnt-offering the second for a sin-offering, the third for a peace-offering, of which they might all fea... [ Continue Reading ]
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, seems manifestly to relate; there being no one bullock there, singled out, to which it can belong. A... [ Continue Reading ]
OH MY LORD; a form of speech to engage favourable attention. AS THY SOUL LIVETH; the usual form of an oath, as GENESIS 42:15 1 SAMUEL 17:55, 1 SAMUEL 20:3; as surely as thou livest: which asseverations seem necessary, because this was some years after it, and was quite forgotten by him.... [ Continue Reading ]
No text from Poole on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE LENT HIM TO THE LORD, or, given him, &c., i.e. do now give or offer him; for she did not lend him for a time, with a purpose or right to require him again. The words may be rendered thus, _And I also asked him, or made myself to ask him_. (a usual Hebraism,)_ for the Lord_, i.e. I prayed for... [ Continue Reading ]