1 Samuel 1:21-23 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

Here is, I. The return of Elkanah and his family to their own habitation, when the days appointed for the feast were over, 1 Sam. 1:19. Observe how they improved their time at the tabernacle. Every day they were there, even that which was fixed for their journey home, they worshipped God; and they rose up early to do it. It is good to begin the day with God. Let him that is the first have the first. They had a journey before them, and a family of children to take with them, and yet they would... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:21

And the man Elkanah, and all his house ,.... All his family, excepting Hannah, and her son Samuel; or all the men of his house, as the Targum; for only the males were obliged to appear at the three festivals: went up to Shiloh ; to the house of God there: to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice ; either the passover, to which men commonly went up with their families: see Luke 2:41 , or rather it may be what was offered at the feast of tabernacles, as Abarbinel thinks, the time... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah went not up ,.... For women, though they might go if they pleased to the yearly feasts, yet they were not obliged to it; whether she went up at the time for her purification, and for the presenting and redemption of the firstborn, is not certain; some say the Levites were not obliged by that law, the perquisites of it falling to them, and so did not go up; others that she did, though it is not expressed, the Scriptures not relating all facts that were done; though by what follows... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:23

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, do what seemeth thee good ,.... He spake like a kind and indulgent husband, knowing that she would not thereby break any law of God; and it might be more for her own health, and the health of the child, to stay longer: tarry till thou have weaned him ; when he would be more fit for the journey, and to be left behind: only the Lord establish his word ; which some understand of the prophecy of Eli that God would grant her request, which being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:21

The man Elkanah and all his house - He and the whole of his family, Hannah and her child excepted, who purposed not to go up to Shiloh till her son was old enough to be employed in the Divine service. And his vow - Probably he had also made some vow to the Lord on the occasion of his wife's prayer and vow; in which, from his love to her. he could not be less interested than herself. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:23

Until thou have weaned him - On the nature of this weaning, and the time in which it was usually done, the reader will be pleased to refer to the note on Genesis 21:8 . The Lord establish his word - Or, may the Lord establish his word - preserve the child, cause him to grow up, and make him a blessing to Israel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

Conjugal sympathy. The facts are— 1 . Hannah, having independently fixed the future of her offspring, reveals the vow to her husband. 2 . Elkanah acquiesces in her vow, and allows her will in respect of time and method of perfecting it. 3 . A united and solemn surrender of Samuel to his life work. I. QUALIFIED WIFELY INDEPENDENCE . Although Elkanah knew his wife's great sorrow, yet in the matters connected with its removal and in the subsequent transactions she... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:21

Elkanah... went up. When at the return of the year Elkanah went up as usual to Shiloh, Hannah remained at home, purposing to wait there till her son was old enough to be given to the Lord. This followed soon after his weaning, which in the East is delayed much longer than with us. In 2 Macc. 7:27 we find three years mentioned as the usual period of lactation, but the chief Jewish authorities make the time one year shorter. At three years old a child in the East would cease to be troublesome;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:22

Until the child be weaned - Hebrew mothers, as elsewhere in the East, usually suckled their children until the age of two complete years, sometimes until the age of three. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:21

1 Samuel 1:21. Elkanah and all his house went up Hannah only and her child excepted. And his vow By which it appears, though it was not expressed before, that he heard and consented to her vow; and that he added a vow of his own; probably when he saw his wife was with child; or before, when she told him what hope she had that her prayers would be heard; and when he worshipped God, as mentioned 1 Samuel 1:19. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:21

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