1 Samuel 1:21 NIV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:21

21. the man Elkanah . . . went up to offer . . . his vow—The solemn expression of his concurrence in Hannah's vow was necessary to make it obligatory. (See on :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

1. Hannah’s deliverance ch. 1"1 Samuel 1 is presented as a conventional birth narrative which moves from barrenness to birth. Laid over that plot is a second rhetorical strategy which moves from complaint to thanksgiving. With the use of this second strategy, the birth narrative is transposed and becomes an intentional beginning point for the larger Samuel-Saul-David narrative. Hannah’s story begins in utter helplessness (silence); it anticipates Israel’s royal narrative which also begins in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:21-28

The parents’ thanksgiving 1:21-28a"Scenes 3 [1 Samuel 1:19-20] and 4 [1 Samuel 1:21-28 a] are a pair, not unlike the pairing of 1 [1 Samuel 1:3-8] and 2 [1 Samuel 1:9-19]. They are the two scenes of resolution. . . . These two scenes are concerned not with the birth, but with Hannah coming to terms with the reality of Yahweh. She is portrayed as the one who is needy, trustful, submissive, and grateful. She is a model of fidelity." [Note: Ibid., p. 39.] The Mosaic Law required an offering to God... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

The Birth of SamuelHannah, 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 Jehovah.1. Ramathaim-zophim] Ramathaim (’double height’) probably denotes the district in which Ramah (’height’) was the chief town. It was at Ramah that Samuel was born, lived, laboured, died, and was buried. As Ramah was a common name in a hilly country like Palestine, Zophim is here added to denote... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:21

(21) And his vow.—Elkanah too had vowed a vow unto the Lord, in case his wife Hannah should have a son. It has been remarked that vows are characteristic of that particular age of the Judges; for instance, we have detailed accounts of Samson and Jephthan’s vows, the oath in the Benjamite vow, &c. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Samuel the Seer In Samuel we have a deep stretch of condescension God in communion with the life of a child. I. Was he a miracle this little Samuel? No in the view characteristic of the Bible he is the real and normal aspect of humanity. All seers of God's kingdoms have seen it by the light of their childhood. We do not drop our childhood when we become men, we carry it with us into the life of men. Every sage bears within his bosom a little Samuel an instinctive child life which concludes... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

CHAPTER II.HANNAH’S FAITH REWARDED.1 Samuel 1:19-28.IN all the transactions recorded in these verse, we see in Hannah the directing and regulating power of the family; while Elkanah appears acquiescing cordially in all that she proposes, and devoutly seconding her great act of consecration, - the surrender of Samuel to the perpetual service of God. For a moment it might be thought that Hannah assumed a place that hardly belonged to her; that she became the leader and director in the house,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

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 1:1-8 ) 2. Hannah’s prayer and vow (1 Samuel 1:9-18 ) 3. The prayer answered and Samuel born (1 Samuel 1:19-20 ) 4. The child weaned and presented unto the Lord (1 Samuel 1:21-28 ) The descent of Samuel opens the book. The names are of striking significance. Elkanah means “acquired of God.” He was the son of Jeroham (tenderly loved), the son of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 1:21

1:21 And the man {h} Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.(h) This Elkanah was a Levite, 1 Chronicles 6:27, and as some write once a year they were accustomed to appear before the Lord with their families. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

From 1 Chronicles 6:22-28 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"); Tohu ("low, sunk down"); Elihu ("my God is He"); Jeroham ("he is tenderly loved"); resulting in Elkanah ("God has purchased"). These meanings give some indication of the working of God in view of accomplishing His own will in the eventual outcome seen in His servant Samuel. The two wives of... read more