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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1:8

Am not I better to thee than ten sons Oughtest thou not to value my love to thee more than the having as many sons as Peninnah hath; who would willingly change conditions with thee? In Elkanah here we have an example of a most excellent husband; who patiently bore with the insolent humour of Peninnah, and comforted dejected Hannah with words full of tender affection.

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See also 1 Samuel 1:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 1:8. _AM NOT I BETTER TO THEE THAN TEN SONS?_] TEN, a certain for an uncertain number. Is not my especial affection to thee better than all the comfort thou couldst gain, even from a nu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Compare John 20:13; John 20:15.... than ten sons. Probably _a Parcemia_ (App-6). It is so to-day among the Arabs: such. woman being called _moonejeba =_ en...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _better to thee than ten sons_ Cp. Ruth 4:15....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND AS HE DID SO YEAR BY YEAR, WHEN SHE WENT UP TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, SO SHE PROVOKED HER; THEREFORE SHE WEPT, AND DID NOT EAT._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THAN TEN SONS. — Merely a round number to express many. The simple narration evidently came from Hannah, who, no doubt, in after years loved to dwell on her past sorrowful life, contrasted with her pr...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר לָ֜הּ אֶלְקָנָ֣ה אִישָׁ֗הּ חַנָּה֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten (d) sons? (d) Let this comfort you, that I lo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (8) Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? I should be led to conceive, that the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID ELKANAH HER HUSBAND TO HER, HANNAH, WHY WEEPEST THOU?.... Since it was a time of rejoicing, as every festival was, especially at the ingathering of the fruits of the earth: AND WHY EATEST T...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten sons? Ver. 8. _Hannah, why weepest thou?_] Ch...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE UNHAPPINESS AND THE PRAYER OF HANNAH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said Elkanah, her husband, to her, Hannah, why weepest thou, and why eatest thou not, and why is thy heart grieved? This is a climax showing his deep anxiety and solicitude for her. AM I NOT BETT...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 1:8 Elkanah H511 husband H376 said H559 (H8799) Hannah H2584 weep H1058 (H8799) eat H398 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:7, 1 SAMUEL 1:9 HOUSE OF THE LORD... TEMPLE OF THE LORD. Was this a tent, or a bu

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:8 AM I NOT MORE TO YOU THAN TEN SONS? Elkanah tries to comfort Hannah because of her barrenness. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    THE EARLY LIFE OF SAMUEL. EXPOSITION THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTHPLACE OF SAMUEL (1 Samuel 1:1) 1 Samuel 1:1

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Samuel 12:16; 2 Samuel 12:17;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Ten sons — Oughtest thou not to value my hearty love to thee, more than the having of as many sons as Penninah hath? She would willingly change conditions with thee....

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