1 Samuel 1:27-28 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 1:27

For this child I prayed ,.... Which she now had in her hand, and was presenting to Eli: and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him ; and which he also desired might be granted her, or foretold that it would be, 1 Samuel 1:17 though perhaps he knew not then particularly what it was she asked; nor did she acquaint him with it at parting, as she now did, having obtained of the Lord what she was so solicitous for, and now makes mention of with thankfulness. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ,.... To be employed in his service, not for a few days, months, or years, but for his whole life. The Targum is,"I have delivered him, that he may minister before the Lord;'as she had received him front him as an answer of prayer, she gave him up to him again according to her vow: as long as he liveth he shall be lent unto the Lord, or as the Targum,"all the days that he lives he shall be ministering before the Lord;' or "all the days he shall be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord - There is here a continual reference to her vow, and to the words which she used in making that vow. The word Samuel, as we have already seen, is a contraction of the words מאל שאול Shaul meEl , that is, asked or lent of God; for his mother said, 1 Samuel 1:27 , The Lord hath given me my petition, which שאלתי Shaalti , I Asked of him. In 1 Samuel 1:28 ; she says: ליהוה ששול הוא hu Shaul layhouah , he shall be Lent... 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 1:28

I have lent him. The word lent spoils the meaning: Hannah really in these two verses uses the same verb four times, though in different conjugations, and the same sense must be maintained throughout. Her words are, "For this child I prayed, and Jehovah hath given me my asking which I asked of him: and I also have given back what was asked to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is asked for Jehovah." The conjugation translated to give back what was asked literally means to make to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:25-27

1 Samuel 1:25-27. They slew a bullock The three bullocks mentioned 1 Samuel 1:22, the singular number being put for the plural, which is frequent. As thy soul liveth As surely as thou livest. Which asseveration she thought necessary, because this was some years after the fact which she here mentions. For this child I prayed She had told him nothing of what she prayed for when he reproved her; but only, in general, that she was extremely afflicted for want of something, which she then... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:28

1 Samuel 1:28 . Therefore I have lent him to the Lord But not with a purpose to require him again. Whatever we give to the Lord may, upon this account, be said to be lent to him, because, though we may not recall it, yet he will certainly repay it to our unspeakable advantage. As long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord Or, as the words may be properly translated, All the days that he shall be desired for the Lord; that is, as long as God shall think fit to employ him in his... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

1:1-7:17 ISRAEL UNDER ELI AND UNDER SAMUELBirth of Samuel (1:1-2:11)Elkanah was a Levite who lived in the tribal territory of Ephraim (1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:33-38). Each year he took his family to the town of Shiloh to offer sacrifices to the Lord. (Since the time of Joshua, Shiloh had been the central place of worship in Israel; Joshua 18:1,Joshua 18:10; Judges 18:31.) According to the regulations for certain sacrifices, the offerer, after offering his sacrifice, received back some of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 1:28

the LORD = Jehovah. Punctuate thus, "to Jehovah as long as he liveth. He shall be", &c. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ) in verses: 1 Samuel 1:27-28 . "Jehovah hath given me my petition (sh e 'elathi) which I asked of Him (sha'alti): therefore also I have lent him (hishiltihu) to Jehovah. " read more