Read & Study the Bible Online - Bible Portal
William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:1-36

1 Samuel 1-4 (with Judges 21:16-25 ) 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 his duty to perfection so long as his duty merely troubles himself, but who has not force of character to interfere with others; to command, to regulate the conduct of others, to incur the ill-will of others. An amiable indolence overspread his whole nature. He was one of the men who have... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:26

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 visitations of the night, thrilling to the Divine voice which called him by his name, answered fearlessly, "Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth." Yet from the same tabernacle, from the same tutelage, from the same influences, came forth also the sons of Eli; and the sons of Eli were men of Belial; they... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:1-36

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 Israel.There's a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah. He had two wives; one was Hannah, the other Peninnah: Peninnah had children, Hannah had no children. This man went out of the city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 2:1-36

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 the sentiments brilliant. The soul of the poetess was full of her subject. 1 Samuel 2:12 . Sons of Belial, as in Deuteronomy 13:13. They committed sacrilege; they committed adulteries on a notorious scale; they despised their father, and all judicial reproof; they filled up their measure, and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:26

1 Samuel 2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. Child growthOne of the most beautiful things that God has made in the world is growth, and the world is full of it. God did not make a great Samuel at once, but a little child Samuel, who grew before Him. I will speak of four thoughts as included in growing before the Lord.I. Samuel grew at the Lord’s house. At this time there was no temple. There was no tabernacle, with the court round about,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:26

1Sa 2:26 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 more amiable and acceptable both to God and men. Bad company to good people is, or ought to be, as the dirt of oysters, whose mud hath soap in it, and doth rather scour than defile. And also with men. ] This was a great mercy to him, as it was afterwards to David, that "whatsoever he did... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 2:26

grew on: 1 Samuel 2:21 was in: Proverbs 3:3, Luke 1:80, Luke 2:40, Luke 2:52, Acts 2:47, Romans 14:18 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:20 - General 1 Kings 18:12 - from my youth 2 Chronicles 34:1 - eight years Proverbs 3:4 - shalt Proverbs 22:6 - when Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Remember Matthew 20:2 - he sent read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:11-26

SAMUEL’S YOUTHFUL MINISTRY THE WICKEDNESS OF ELI’S SONS, 1 Samuel 2:11-26. Observe in the following account how the piety of Samuel and the wickedness of Eli’s sons are mentioned in immediate connexion with each other, as if to call attention to the contrast, and to show how the saintliness of the one and the worthlessness of the others were developed in the midst of holy ministrations. To the one the sacred services were a savour of life unto life, to the others of death unto death. Hophni and... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:26

26. The child Samuel grew Whilst Eli’s sons grew in wickedness, Samuel grew in grace and wisdom. See introductory note before 1 Samuel 2:11. read more

Group of Brands