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Verse 1 Samuel 1:3. _WENT UP OUT OF HIS CITY YEARLY TO WORSHIP_] As
the ark was at Shiloh, _there_ was the temple of God, and thither all
the males were bound by the law to go once a year, on each of...
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It is likely that during the unsettled times of the Judges Judges
21:25 the attendance of Israelites at the three Festivals Exodus
34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16 fell into desuetude or great irregularity,
a...
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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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_yearly_ The Law required every male to present himself "before
Jehovah" at the central sanctuary of the nation at each of the three
great Feasts (Exodus 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16), but there is no
evi...
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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 THIS MAN WENT UP OUT OF HIS CITY YEARLY TO WORSHIP AND TO
SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD OF HOSTS IN SHILOH. AND THE TWO SONS OF ELI,
HOPHNI AND PHINEHAS, THE PRIESTS OF THE LORD, WERE THERE._
This man...
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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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YEARLY] lit. 'from time to time.' The Law commanded every male to
appear before God three times in the year, and there are strong
reasons for assigning a very early date to the practice. Of course,
th...
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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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WENT UP OUT OF HIS CITY YEARLY. — The He brew expression rendered
yearly, is found in Exodus 13:10, and there refers to the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, the Passover. There is little doubt but that this...
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וְ עָלָה֩ הָ אִ֨ישׁ הַ ה֤וּא מֵֽ...
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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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And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to
sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in (b) Shiloh. And the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.
(b)...
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Days, the three great festivals. His family accompanied him, though
the law only lays an express injunction upon the males to attend. We
find, however, that females did not neglect to come. (Calmet) -...
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(3) And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to
sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli,
Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
This is...
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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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THIS MAN WENT UP OUT OF HIS CITY YEARLY,.... From year to year; or, as
the Targum, from the time of the solemn appointed feast to the solemn
appointed feast, from one to another; there were three of t...
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And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to
sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli,
Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.
Ver. 3....
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_To worship in Shiloh_ Where the tabernacle now was, and where all
sacrifices were to be offered. Hither all the males were bound to
resort at the three great annual feasts, (Deuteronomy 16:16,) and n...
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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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And this man went up out of his city yearly, year after year, TO
WORSHIP AND TO SACRIFICE UNTO THE LORD OF HOSTS IN SHILOH, evidently
at the Feast of Passover and of Unleavened Bread, since he took hi...
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THE UNHAPPINESS AND THE PRAYER OF HANNAH...
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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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YEARLY:
_ Heb._ from year to year...
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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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YEARLY, to wit, at one of the solemn feasts, which probably was the
passover, when he not only went up himself, but carried his wife and
children with him. Compare 1 SAMUEL 1:7. Or, _at the appointed...
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1 Samuel 1:3 This H1931 man H376 up H5927 (H8804) city H5892 yearly
H3117 H3117 worship H7812 ...
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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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LORD OF HOSTS
Jehovah (Lord) of Hosts, Hebrew, Jehovah Sabaoth. For the distinctive
meanings of Jehovah,
(_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 2:4). _
Sabaoth means simply host or hosts, but with especial re...
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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 this man went up out of his city yearly to worship._
THE PILGRIMAGE TO SHILOH
Great personages are prepared for before they arrive. Our blessed
Lord, the greatest of all personages who seer appe...
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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 1:3 YEAR BY YEAR. This may have been an
annual family gathering, including women and children. THE LORD OF
HOSTS. This is the first appearance in the Bible of the title “
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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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1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Samuel 3:13; 1 Samuel
4:1
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Yearly — At the three solemn feasts, when he, together with all
other males were obliged to go to worship God in the place appointed;
and at other times, when he as a Levite, was to go thither in his...