1 Samuel 1:15-19 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:18

Let thine handmaid find grace - Continue to think favorably of me, and to pray for me. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

Trial sanctified. The main facts are— 1 . Hannah, impelled by trouble, goes to the sanctuary and records her wish in a vow. 2 . Eli misjudges her character, but hearkens to her self-defence. 3 . Eli discovers therefrom her real piety, and helps to create within her heart an assurance of answer to prayer. 4 . Hannah enters on a brighter path. I. IT BRINGS THE SOUL DIRECT TO GOD . It was doubtless good for Hannah to join the family worship, and derive all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

Character misjudged. I. A RARE FORM OF WORSHIP . It was a rare thing for a solitary woman to be seen offering prayer without audible words and with a semblance of folly. The vicinity of the sanctuary was the scene of many strange and painful events in those days; but here was singularity combined with and expressive of the deepest piety. Prayer, though not in form of set phrase, is true worship when characterised by the features seen in that of the "sorrowful "woman: such as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:12-18

She continued praying. Hannah's prayer was long and earnest, but in silence. She spake not in, but "to her heart," to herself. It was an inward supplication, which only her own heart and God heard. Eli watched, and was displeased. Possibly silent prayer was something unusual. It requires a certain advance in civilisation and refinement to enable a supplicant to separate the petition from the outward expression of it in spoken words, and a strong faith before any one can feel that God hears... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:13-18

Harsh judgment meekly answered. We hear much of the mothers of eminent men, and it is easy to see whence Samuel derived his elevation of mind, his religious temperament, and the natural aptitude to be a seer and prophet of God. It was from his mother—the sensitive, poetical, devout, unselfish Hannah. Her prayer at the house of the Lord in Shiloh shows her in a noble light. She asked for no vengeance on her adversary Peninnah, who had so often taunted her, but only for a son whom she might... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-20

They rose up. After solemn worship early the next morning Elkanah returned to his home at Ramah, and God answered Hannah's prayer, and gave her the wished for son. She calls him Samuel, lit. Shemuel ( Numbers 34:20 ; 1 Chronicles 7:2 ), which was an ordinary Hebrew name, and means "heard of God," not "asked of God," as in the margin of the A.V. It seems to have been the mother's right to give names to her children ( Luke 1:60 ), and Hannah saw in Samuel, whom she had asked of God, a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

Conjugal sympathy. The facts are— 1 . Hannah, having independently fixed the future of her offspring, reveals the vow to her husband. 2 . Elkanah acquiesces in her vow, and allows her will in respect of time and method of perfecting it. 3 . A united and solemn surrender of Samuel to his life work. I. QUALIFIED WIFELY INDEPENDENCE . Although Elkanah knew his wife's great sorrow, yet in the matters connected with its removal and in the subsequent transactions she... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:15

See 1 Samuel 1:2 and note. She means that wine was not the cause of her present discomposure, but grief of heart. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:18

A beautiful example of the composing influence of prayer. Hannah had cast her burden upon the Lord, and so her own spirit was relieved of its load. She now returned to the family feast, and ate her portion with a cheerful heart. Acts 2:46-47.The word “sad” is not in the Hebrew text, but it fairly supplies the meaning intended. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:16

1 Samuel 1:16. Count not thy handmaid for a daughter of Belial, &c. A Scripture phrase for a wicked person. Thus, when we are unjustly censured, we should endeavour not only to clear ourselves, but to satisfy our brethren, by giving them a just and true account of what they misapprehended. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:12-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:13-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:16

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