1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 2:35 NIV

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 2:1-36

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 answering the prayer of faith as faith operated in the heart of a simple and trusting woman. There is much human passion manifest in her desire, but the fact that she turned to Jehovah is evidence of her trust in Him; and on the basis of that confidence she prepared a way for the future guidance... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:27-36

YHWH Sends A Man Of God To Pass His Verdict On Eli’s House (1 Samuel 2:27-36 ). Scripture constantly reveals that God is never left without a witness. Always at special times of need a ‘man of God’ appears. In this case there comes an anonymous ‘man of God’ to Eli. He may well, of course, have been known to Eli, but like a number of ‘men of God’ in Samuel and Kings he is not made known to us. He is one of God’s anonymous witnesses. He is, however, important nonetheless, and his message is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:27-36

1 Samuel 2:27-Zephaniah : . A Prophet Foretells the Death of Eli’ s Sons, and the Expulsion of his Family from the Priesthood.— Composed by the Deuteronomic Editor (see above, p. 273), to connect the misconduct of the sons of Eli with the massacre of his house at Nob and deposition of his descendant, Abiathar, from the priesthood in favour of the house of Zadok ( 1 Kings 2:26 f.); and perhaps also with the unhappy condition of the priests of the high places, after these were suppressed ( 2... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 2:30

I said indeed. Quest. Where or when did God say this? Answ. Either, 1. When he made that promise for the perpetuation of the priesthood in Aaron’s family, Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:9. Object. If Eli and all his family had been cut off, yet that promise had been made good in Eleazar’s family: how then was that promise recalled by this sentence against Eli? Answ. It was recalled and made void, though not absolutely and universally to all Aaron’s family, yet respectively to Eli and his family, which... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:27-36

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—1 Samuel 2:27. “A man of God.” A prophet, as in 1 Kings 13:1, etc. “The only one mentioned since Deborah.” (Biblical Commentary.) “Thy Father.” “Eli was a descendant of Ithamar, the youngest son of Aaron” (1 Chronicles 24:3).… “The transfer of the high-priesthood to him must have taken place, because at the death of the last high-priest of the family of Eleazer Aaron’s eldest son), the remaining son was too young and inexperienced to take his place.” (Keil.)1... read more

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

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 2:30

DISCOURSE: 284ELI’S UNFAITHFULNESS REPROVED1 Samuel 2:30. Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.HOWEVER the promises of God may be expressed, they are never so to be understood, as if they should be fulfilled to us whilst we are in a state of wilful sin: there is always in them an implied condition, that we depart from iniquity, and endeavour faithfully to serve the Lord. To Aaron a promise was made, that the priesthood should be continued in his... 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 2:30

1 Samuel 2:30For them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.The reward of honouring GodThe words are in the strictest sense the word of God, uttered immediately by God Himself; and may thence command from us an especial attention and regard.I. The reward may be considered either absolutely, as what it is in itself; or relatively, as to its rise and whence it comes.1. For itself, it is honour; a thing, if valued according to the rate it bears in the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 2:1-36

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:27-36

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:27-36

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 2:30

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:27-36

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:1-36

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 2:30

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

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

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:30

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