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Verse 1 Samuel 1:2. _HE HAD TWO WIVES_] The custom of those times
permitted polygamy; but wherever there was more than _one wife_, we
find the peace of the family greatly disturbed by it.
_THE NAME...
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HE HAD TWO WIVES - Compare Genesis 4:19. This was permitted by the law
Deuteronomy 21:15, and sanctioned by the practice of Jacob Genesis 29,
Ashur...
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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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ELKANAH AND HIS RIVAL WIVES. The book opens with a domestic scene
which throws light on the practical working of polygamy in ancient
Israel. The husband is an Ephraimite, Elkanah of Ramah, _i.e._ the...
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HANNAH. Grace.
PENINNAH. Pearl. Note the Figure of speech _Antimetabole._ App-6.
CHILDREN. offspring. Hebrew. _yalad._...
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_two wives_ Polygamy, though at variance with the original institution
of marriage (Genesis 2:24), was tolerated by the Mosaic law as an
existing custom (Deuteronomy 21:15-17), and the fact that Abrah...
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I. THE JUDGESHIP OF SAMUEL 1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Samuel 12:25
1. The Birth and Infancy of Samuel, 1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Samuel 2:11.
Samuel's Simple
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_AND HE HAD TWO WIVES; THE NAME OF THE ONE WAS HANNAH, AND THE NAME OF
THE OTHER PENINNAH: AND PENINNAH HAD CHILDREN, BUT HANNAH HAD NO
CHILDREN._
The name of the one was Hannah, х_ CHANAAH_ (H2584),...
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1:2 Hannah, (f-12) Meaning, 'grace.'...
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TWO WIVES] The reason was probably the barrenness of Hannah, which
Elkanah would consider a disgrace. Thomson states that at the present
day in the East it is considered sufficient reason for a divorc...
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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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AND HE HAD TWO WIVES. — The primeval Divine ordination, we know,
gave its sanction alone to monogamy. The first who seems to have
violated God’s original ordinance appears to have been Lamech, of
the...
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וְ לֹו֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֔ים שֵׁ֤ם
אַחַת֙ חַנָּ֔
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CHAPTER I.
_ HANNAH'S TRIAL AND TRUST._
1 Samuel 1:1.
THE prophet Samuel, like the book which bears his name, comes in as a
connecting link between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He
belonged to...
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HANNAH'S PRAYER AND VOW
1 Samuel 1:1
Elkanah was evidently a kind husband to Hannah; but marriage had
suffered from the general relaxation of morals, and the bitter effects
of polygamy are illustrat...
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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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_Phenenna. She was only of inferior dignity. At that time polygamy was
lawful, (Menochius) as Moses insinuates, if he do not expressly allow
it._...
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(2) And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name
of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no
children.
The having more wives than one, never did, nor ever...
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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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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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AND HE HAD TWO WIVES,.... Which, though connived at in those times,
was contrary to the original law of marriage; and for which, though a
good man, he was chastised, and had a great deal of vexation a...
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And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name
of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no
children.
Ver. 2. _And he had two wives._] Polygamy was ever a...
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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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THE UNHAPPINESS AND THE PRAYER OF HANNAH...
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and he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah (charm, grace),
AND THE NAME OF THE OTHER PENINNAH (coral, pearl); AND PENINNAH HAD
CHILDREN, BUT HANNAH HAD NO CHILDREN. The bigamy of Elkanah, th...
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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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1-8 Elkanah kept up his attendance at God's altar, notwithstanding
the unhappy differences in his family. If the devotions of a family
prevail not to put an end to its divisions, yet let not the divi...
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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,...
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1 Samuel 1:2 two H8147 wives H802 name H8034 one H259 Hannah H2584
name H8034 other H8145 Peninnah H6444 Peninnah...
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THE EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO SAMUEL'S BIRTH (1 SAMUEL 1:1).
We should note initially the godliness of both Elkanah and Hannah. The
writer's aim is to bring out that they were worthy and godly people.
Th...
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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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_And he had two wives._
THE FOLLY OF POLYGAMY
Abraham’s domestic peace was embittered, so that he was at length
compelled to dismiss Hagar; and Jacob saw much strife arise amongst
his household whose...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:1 The Story of Samuel. Samuel’s birth
is God’s answer to the prayer of a childless woman. Samuel becomes a
prophet who guides Israel as they move from the period of the jud...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:2 TWO WIVES. Probably HANNAH was
Elkanah’s first wife, since she is named first. He most likely
married PENINNAH because of Hannah’s inability to have children.
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
1 Samuel 1:2. “TWO WIVES.” “Perhaps he took the second on
account of Hannah’s barrenness” (_Wordsworth_).
1 Samuel 1:3. “YEARLY.” Probably to the Passover, as that was...
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THE EARLY LIFE OF SAMUEL.
EXPOSITION
THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTHPLACE OF SAMUEL (1 Samuel 1:1)
1 Samuel 1:1
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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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Genesis 16:1; Genesis 16:2; Genesis 25:21; Genesis 29:23; Genesis 29:
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Two wives — As many had in those ages, tho' it was a transgression
of the original institution of marriage. And it is probable that he
took his second wife, namely, Peninnah, because Hannah was barren...