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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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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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_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...
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_FOR THIS CHILD I PRAYED; AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN ME MY PETITION WHICH
I ASKED OF HIM:_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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אֶל ־הַ נַּ֥עַר הַ זֶּ֖ה
הִתְפַּלָּ֑לְתִּי וַ
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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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(26) And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the
woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. (27) For this
child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I...
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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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_THE CHILD OF GODLY PARENTS_
‘For this child I prayed.’
1 Samuel 1:27
I. HOME RELIGION HAS OFTEN PROVED THE SALVATION OF A NATION.—When
Eli was weak, and his sons were wicked, Elkanah and Hannah pr...
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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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FOR THIS CHILD I PRAYED,.... Which she now had in her hand, and was
presenting to Eli:
AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN ME MY PETITION WHICH I ASKED OF HIM; and which
he also desired might be granted her, or...
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For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which
I asked of him:
Ver. 27. _For this child I prayed._] A child of many prayers cannot
easily miscarry....
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_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...
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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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For this child I prayed, and the Lord hath given me my petition which
I asked of him;...
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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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1 Samuel 1:27 child H5288 prayed H6419 (H8694) LORD H3068 granted
H5414 (H8799) petition H7596 asked H7592 ...
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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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_For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition._
PARENTAGE AND PIETY
“The Hand of God in History” might be the appropriate title of
many of the hooks of Scripture, for the sacred re...
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_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...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:27 AND THE LORD HAS GRANTED ME MY
PETITION THAT I MADE TO HIM repeats almost word for word Eli’s
blessing in v....
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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...
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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 John 5:15; 1 Samuel 1:11; Matthew 7:7; Psalms 116:1; Psalms 118:5;
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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...