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...
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...
_FOR THIS CHILD I PRAYED; AND THE LORD HATH GIVEN ME MY PETITION WHICH I ASKED OF HIM:_ 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...
אֶל ־הַ נַּ֥עַר הַ זֶּ֖ה הִתְפַּלָּ֑לְתִּי וַ
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...
(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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
For this child I prayed, and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him;...
SAMUEL BORN AND BROUGHT TO SHILOH...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Samuel 1:27 child H5288 prayed H6419 (H8694) LORD H3068 granted H5414 (H8799) petition H7596 asked H7592 ...
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...
_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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...