1 Samuel 1:10-11

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:1-18

CHAPTER I.HANNAH’S TRIAL AND TRUST.1 Samuel 1:1-18.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 a transition period. It was appointed to him to pilot the nation between two stages of its history: from a republic to a monarchy; from a condition of somewhat casual and indefinite arrangements to one of more systematic and orderly government. The great object of his life was to secure that this... 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

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

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

SAMUEL ’S BIRTH AND DEDICATION A SORROWFUL WIFE (1 Samuel 1:0 ) Like Ruth, the opening of First Samuel deals with events in the time of the Judges, and is the book of transition from that period to the monarchy. 1 Samuel 1:1-8 . Though there is difficulty in locating the city named in verse 1, yet it appears that Elkanah was a native of Bethlehem-judah like Elimelech (see the first lesson in Ruth). He was a Levite (see 1 Chronicles 6:33-34 ), and if it is surprising that he practiced... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

The Birth of Samuel 1Sa 1:20 HANNAH, the wife of Elkanah, besought the Lord for a man child. This draws our attention to the scope of human prayer. Men cannot pray by rule. We do but mock men when we say, You must pray for this and not for that. Such an exhortation may do for a man when his heart is not inflamed by the passion of godly desire; it may do for him in his coldest and most indifferent mental states. But when he is in his most vehement and determined moods, he cannot be fettered... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:10

(10) And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. The Holy Ghost hath been very particular, to mark the earnestness of Hannah's soul, in prayer. Reader! you will not overlook I hope, who it was that, being in an agony, prayed more earnestly. Oh! thou precious Lamb of God! how lovely art thou, in every renewed view! Luke 22:44 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:11

(11) And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. God is pleased, sometimes, that we should be particular in our askings. See Isaiah 45:11 ; John 16:24 . The dedication of this man-child, which Hannah prayed for to God, as a... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:11

A vow; rightly trusting that her husband would give his consent, Numbers xxx. 7. --- Razor. Hebrew mora, "scissors." Septuagint, "iron." Some copies add, "he shall not drink wine, nor any intoxicating drink." In quality of Levite, Samuel was bound to serve the tabernacle from 25 or 30 years of age till he was 50, Numbers iv. 2. Anna consecrates him to the Lord for life, and promises that he shall be a Nazarite, like Samson, and St. John the Baptist. The law prescribes no rules for these... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

9-18 Hannah mingled tears with her prayers; she considered the mercy of our God, who knows the troubled soul. God gives us leave, in prayer, not only to ask good things in general, but to mention that special good thing we most need and desire. She spoke softly, none could hear her. Hereby she testified her belief of God's knowledge of the heart and its desires. Eli was high priest, and judge in Israel. It ill becomes us to be rash and hasty in censures of others, and to think people guilty of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Samuel 1:1-18

The Unhappiness and the Prayer of Hannah v. 1. Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of Mount Ephraim, usually called Ramah, some six miles northwest of Jerusalem, in the territory of Benjamin, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, after whom this special region was named, an Ephrathite, Cf 1 Chronicles 6:22-Daniel :, belonging to the tribe of Levi; v. 2. and he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah (charm,... read more

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