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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 2:26

Grew on, and was in favour. — The very expressions of the biographer of Samuel were adopted by St. Luke when, in the early Chapter s of his Gospel, he wishes to describe in a few striking words the boyhood and youth of Him who was far greater than the child-prophet of Israel.

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See also 1 Samuel 2:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE CHILD SAMUEL ... - The account of our Lord’s growth Luke 2:52 is very similar; “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” The literal version of the passage be...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE FAILURE OF ELI AND HIS SONS CHAPTER 2:12-36 _ 1. The wicked sons of Eli (1 Samuel 2:12)_ 2. Samuel before Jehovah and Hannah blessed (1 Samuel 2:18) 3. The empty warning of Eli (1 Samuel 2:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ELI REMONSTRATES WITH HIS SONS. 1 Samuel 2:22. and. how that. meeting: should probably be omitted with LXX (_cf._ Exodus 38:8). TENT OF MEETING: see Exodus 33:7....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Eli's fruitless expostulations with his sons 22. _heard_ " USED TO HEAR all that his sons WERE DOING," constantly and habitually. _the women that assembled_ Rather, THAT SERVED. The word is applied t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _grew on, and was in favour_ A childhood like that of Jesus (Luke 2:52). Again Samuel's progress is contrasted with the declension of Hophni and Phinehas....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Samuel's service in the Tabernacle._ 1 Samuel 2:18-26 18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord, _being_ a child, girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brough...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW ON, AND WAS IN FAVOUR BOTH WITH THE LORD, AND ALSO WITH MEN._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING. THE SIN OF ELI'S SONS 1-10. The Song of Hannah. This beautiful poem has been well called the 'Magnificat of the Old Testament.' The song of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 HANNAH’S PRAYER V1 Hannah prayed and said, ‘I am very happy when I think about the *Lord....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הַ נַּ֣עַר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל הֹלֵ֥ךְ וְ גָדֵ֖ל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER IV. _ ELI'S HOUSE._ 1 Samuel 2:11. THE notices of little Samuel, that alternate in this passage with the sad accounts of Eli and his house, are like the green spots that vary the dull stretc...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PENALTY OF DISHONORING GOD 1 Samuel 2:22 Eli was held responsible for the excesses of his sons. He was a mild and gentle old man. But there are times when mildness and gentleness are out of place...

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

    We have the record of the song of triumph sung by Hannah, in which she set forth the might and justice of Jehovah. Thus, in the dark and troublous times, Jehovah is seen acting toward deliverance, by...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _And men. Thus he is, in some degree, compared with our Saviour, Luke ii. 52. When one minister prevaricates, God presently raises up another, so that he never abandons his Church. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (26) And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men. How the mind of the Reader is relieved again and again in this melancholy account of Eli's sons, in the rel...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _‘LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND ON THAT’_ ‘Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.… And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.’ 1 Samu...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _IN FAVOUR WITH GOD AND MEN_ ‘And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.’ 1 Samuel 2:26 These words arouse our attention, not merely on account of what t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In the beautiful song of 1 Samuel 2 Hannah recognises this great principle of sovereign grace, and of the power of God; that He brings down the proud and those who trust in the flesh, and exalts the w...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW UP,.... Increased in stature and in grace, grew more and more in all respects, and better and better, while Eli's sons grew worse and worse; the contrast between these make t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men. Ver. 26. _And the child Samuel grew on, &c._] The worse Eli's graceless sons were, the better Samuel was: the mo...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Hannahs song in thankefulnesse. 12 The sinne of Elies sonnes. 18 Samuels ministerie. 20 By Elies blessing, Hannah is more fruitfull. 22 Eli reprooueth his sonnes. 28 A prophecie against Elies h...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the Lord and also with men, this being noted here once more by way of effective contrast....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PROPHECY AGAINST ELI...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The rejoicing prayer of Hannah is now uttered AFTER she has given up her child. The prayer of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, reminds us of this one, though hers was spoken before he child was bor...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-26 Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was c...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He grew better in bad times, which is remembered to his commendation....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 2:26 child H5288 Samuel H8050 grew H1432 stature H1980 (H8802) favor H2896 LORD H3068 men H582...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SAMUEL CONTINUES TO GROW ON, AND IS INCREASING IN FAVOUR BOTH WITH YHWH AND WITH MEN (1 SAMUEL 2:26). 1 Samuel 2:26 ‘ And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favour both with YHWH, and also...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Samuel 2:12 , 1 SAMUEL 2:26 The sacred historian dwells with evident pleasure on the beautiful, holy boyhood of the child who served before the Lord, wearing a linen ephod, and who in the visitation...

  • 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: Hannah's prophetic prayer. Evil sons of Eli. Samuel in the tabernacle. The warning to Eli. CHARACTERS: God, Hannah, Eli, Samuel, Hophni, Phinehas, Elkanah, a prophet. CONCLUSION: Nothing i...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 2:1. _Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth._ This song is much admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, and t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men._ CHILD GROWTH One of the most beautiful things that God has made in the world is growth, and the world is full...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    THE CHILD-PROPHET And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the Lord, and also with men. 1 Samuel 2:26. If you look carefully at the text you will see that it tells us three things a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:11 At the same time that the boy Samuel is ministering to the Lord (vv. 1 Samuel 2:11, 1

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:26 Similar language is used in Luke 2:52 to describe the physical and spiritual growth of the boy Jesus....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:18. “BUT.” The Levite-child is contrasted with the grown-up priest” _(Wordsworth)_. “EPHOD.” “It does not appear whether the Levites wore the ephod properly....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SAMUEL'S MINISTRATIONS AT SHILOH (1 Samuel 2:11-9). 1 SAMUEL 2:11 THE CHILD DID MINISTER. Left by his parents at Shiloh, Samuel ministered unto the Lord; that is, certain du

  • 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 Samuel 2:21; Acts 2:47; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52;...

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