Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:1-10
HANNAH’S SONG, 1 Samuel 2:1-10. “This prayer and song of Hannah,” says Wordsworth, “is one of the golden links which connect the song of Sarah on the birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:6-7) with the Magnificat of the Blessed Virgin. Luke 1:46-55. Another link is the triumphal song of Miriam, after the passage of the Red Sea. Exodus 15:20-21. Another is the song of Deborah, praising the Lord for delivering his people by the hand of a woman. Judges 5:0. All these poetic hymns of thanksgiving, uttered by... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 2:5
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.Hired themselves out for bread — It is the same thing which is expressed both in divers metaphors in the foregoing, and following verses.Ceased — That is, ceased to be hungry.Seven — That is, many, as seven is often used. She speaks in the prophetick style, the past time, for the future; for though she had actually born... read more