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 salvation. Ver. 1. _And Hannah prayed, and said,_] _i.e., _ She praised God, and said; for there is not one petition in all this holy hymn:... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Samuel 2:2 [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God. Ver. 2. _There is none holy as the Lord._] "Glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders." Exo 15:11 This holy God is to be sanctified, Isa 5:16 and praised; Mat 6:9... [ Continue Reading ]
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. Ver. 3. _Talk no more so exceeding proudly._] Heb., Multiply not, speak not loftiness, loftiness. Peninnah, that odious woman, had vexed and troubled... [ Continue Reading ]
The bows of the mighty men [are] broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. Ver. 4. _The bows of the mighty men are broken,_] _i.e., _ The bows of Peninnah and her children, who did shoot reproachful words at Hannah. Some gather hence that Peninnah bore no more children, but lost thos... [ Continue Reading ]
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. _And they that were hungry ceased._] _Nimirum famelici esse,_ to be still hungry; they were "fille... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. Ver. 6. _The Lord killeth, and maketh alive._] He layeth men for dead, and then reviveth them, as 2 Corinthians 1:9,10. That great apostle was "in death often"; and those ancient confessors cry out, "For thy sake ar... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. Ver. 7. _The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich._] _De pauperat et ditat:_ It is he that stoppeth that hole in the bottom of the bag, those secret drains and issues of expense, at which other men's estates run out. Hag 1:6 _ He... [ Continue Reading ]
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them. Ver. 8. _He raiseth up the poor._] See Psalms 75:6. _... [ Continue Reading ]
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Ver. 9. _He will keep the feet of his saints._] This is a lower love and courtesy than to keep their hands. Joh 13:5-6 He keepeth them from utter _prolapsion,_ from devoratory evil... [ Continue Reading ]
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. Ver. 10. _The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces._] "As a potter'... [ Continue Reading ]
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. Ver. 11. _And the child did minister unto the Lord._] He did such offices as he was able about the tabernacle; which was the more commendable in young Samuel to be so sedulous, because Eli's sons... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. Ver. 12. _Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial._] So were Jehoshuah the high priest's sons. Ezr 10:18 _Heroum filii noxae!_ Their parents, much employed about other things, are oft not so careful of well-breeding their children;... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priests' custom with the people [was, that], when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; Ver. 13. And the priest's custom with the people was.] It was their custom, but not their right. _Plus valet... [ Continue Reading ]
And he struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. Ver. 14. _All that the flesh hook brought up the priest took for himself._] Whether it were his part appoin... [ Continue Reading ]
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. Ver. 15. _Also before they burnt the fat._] Due to God by the law, Leviticus 3:3,4 _; _ Lev 3:9 who well may call f... [ Continue Reading ]
And [if] any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and [then] take [as much] as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, [Nay]; but thou shalt give [it me] now: and if not, I will take [it] by force. Ver. 16. _Let them not fail to burn the fat presently,_] _q.d., _ Let... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. Ver. 17. _Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great._] The greater because they were uncounsellable, _ac ne moniti quidem ab ista perversitate desistebant; _ but became evil example... [ Continue Reading ]
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod. Ver. 18. _But Samuel ministered before the Lord._] He did some small charges, as setting up lights, laying up vestments, learning music, or the like. See 1 Samuel 2:11 . _ Girded with a linen ephod._] Theoderet sait... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought [it] to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. Ver. 19. _His mother made him a little coat._] To wear under his ephod at festival times, saith Pet. Martyr, and so showed her motherly care; and d... [ Continue Reading ]
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. Ver. 20. _And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife._] In the words of God, as being his high priest: and they took it so, and sped accordingly... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. Ver. 21. _And the Lord visited Hannah._] In answer to Eli's prayers for her. The like answer was returned to Dr Sandys's prayer for his hostess, of whom taking his l... [ Continue Reading ]
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Ver. 22. _Now Eli was very old._] And with it dim sighted, and so could not see so well into the evil manners of his sons; who a... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people._ Ver. 23. _And he said unto them, Why do ye such things?_] This was to reprove them, _Lenitate patris, non auctoritate pontificis,_ saith Jerome, _i.e., _ with the lenity of a father, and not with th... [ Continue Reading ]
Nay, my sons; for [it is] no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress. Ver. 24. _Nay, my sons._] Too mild all along. He should have said as Isaiah 57:3,4, "Draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore," &c., ye degenerate brood and sons... [ Continue Reading ]
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. Ver. 25. _If one man sin against another._] The magistrate or umpire may comp... [ Continue Reading ]
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men. Ver. 26. _And the child Samuel grew on, &c._] The worse Eli's graceless sons were, the better Samuel was: the more amiable and acceptable both to God and men. Bad company to good people is, or ought to be, as the... [ Continue Reading ]
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? Ver. 27. _And there came a man of God unto Eli._] This man of God was Samuel, saith Junius: but that is not likely; rather it... [ Continue Reading ]
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel [to be] my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? Ver. 28. _And did I choose him? &c., _] _q.d., _ Do ye... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? Ver. 29. _Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice?_] _i.e., _ Why slight ye, and, as heads... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed._ Ver. 30. _I said indeed._] Not... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. Ver. 31. _I will cut off thine arm,_] _e.g., _ The ability and dignity of thy family. See Zechariah 11:17. _See Trapp on "_ Zec 11:17 _"_ There shall not be a... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt see an enemy [in my] habitation, in all [the wealth] which [God] shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. Ver. 32. _And thou shalt see an enemy,_] _i.e., _ A rival, another high priest, viz., Zadok, set up by Solomon. 1Ki 1:26-27 "Thou shalt see i... [ Continue Reading ]
And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. Ver. 33. _Shall be to consume thine eyes._] Should be so; couldst thou live so long, thou wouldst... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. Ver. 35. _And this shall be a sign._] One part of the threatening fulfilled shall ascertain the truth of the rest. See Zephaniah 3:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. Ver. 35. _And I will build him a sure house,_] _i.e., _ Bless him with children, and settle the... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. Ver. 36. _Shall come and crouch to him for a pie... [ Continue Reading ]