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Verse 1 Samuel 1:6. _AND HER ADVERSARY_] That is, Peninnah.
_PROVOKED HER SORE_] Was constantly striving to irritate and vex her,
_to make her fret _- to make her discontented with her lot, because
t...
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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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_her adversary_ Peninnah. The cognate verb is used in Leviticus 18:18,
"Thou shalt not take a wife to her sister _to vex her_....
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HER ADVERSARY ALSO PROVOKED HER— Houbigant renders this very well,
_her rival also provoked her even to wrath on this very account,
because the Lord had shut up her womb._ The word rendered _adversary...
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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 HER ADVERSARY ALSO PROVOKED HER SORE, FOR TO MAKE HER FRET,
BECAUSE THE LORD HAD SHUT UP HER WOMB._
Her adversary also provoked her sore, х_ TSAARAATAAH_ (H6869), her
rival]. The conduct of Peni...
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1:6 adversary (a-3) Or 'rival.'...
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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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HER ADVERSARY] i.e. Peninnah. The word is a common one in Arabic to
denote a rival, or fellow-wife....
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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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וְ כִֽעֲסַ֤תָּה צָֽרָתָהּ֙ גַּם
־כַּ֔עַס בַּ...
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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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_Insomuch. Hebrew, "to make her fret, or rage; because the Lord," &c.
(Calmet)_...
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(6) And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,
because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Observe how Satan takes occasion to harrass God's afflicted ones. How
he doth misconstrue the...
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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 HER ADVERSARY ALSO PROVOKED HER SORE,.... That is, Peninnah, the
other wife of Elkanah; for when a man had more wives, two or more,
they were usually at enmity to one another, as the two wives of...
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And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,
because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Ver. 6. _And her adversary also provoked her sore._] _Aemula eius: num
ita vocantur uxores digam...
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_Unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion_ Or, a double portion; in token
of his extraordinary respect and kindness to her. _For he loved
Hannah: but the Lord_ Or, _though the Lord, had shut her womb_ Her...
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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 her adversary, Peninnah, who was jealous of Elkanah's special love
for Hannah, ALSO PROVOKED HER SORE FOR TO MAKE HER FRET, to make her
worried and excited, BECAUSE THE LORD HAD SHUT UP HER WOMB,...
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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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PROVOKED HER:
_ Heb._ angered her...
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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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HER ADVERSARY, or, _her troubler_, or _vexer_, or _enemy_; for so her
envy or jealousy made her, though so nearly related. Compare GENESIS
29:30 LEVITICUS 18:18. TO MAKE HER FRET, against her husband,...
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1 Samuel 1:6 rival H6869 provoked H3707 (H8765) severely H3708
miserable H7481 (H8687) LORD H3068 closed H5462 ...
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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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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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Job 6:14; Leviticus 18:18...
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Her adversary — Peninnah: so her envy or jealousy made her though so
nearly related....