1 Samuel 1:9 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:9

HANNAH'S PRAYER"After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly. And she vowed a vow and said, "Oh Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look upon the affliction of thy maidservant, and remember me, and not forget thy maidservant, but wilt give to thy maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 1:9

1 Samuel 1:9. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat, &c.— Eli, who was of the family of Ithamar, was both high-priest and judge at this time. He was born in the end of Gideon's judicature, and died in the middle of the Philistines' tyranny over the Israelites, according to Sir John Marsham, who observes, that his judicature consisted only in hearing and judging causes by his pontifical authority. He did not signalize himself by any victories: he was such a judge as Samuel's sons were, chap.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:1-10

A. The Change from Barrenness to Fertility 1:1-2:10In the first subsection (1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Samuel 2:10), we have the joyful story of Samuel’s miraculous birth and his mother’s gratitude to God for reversing her barrenness and making her fertile. The significance of this story is not only that it gives us the record of how Samuel was born and that his mother was a godly woman. It also shows how God, in faithfulness to His promise to bless those who put Him first (Deuteronomy 28), did so even... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

1. Hannah’s deliverance ch. 1"1 Samuel 1 is presented as a conventional birth narrative which moves from barrenness to birth. Laid over that plot is a second rhetorical strategy which moves from complaint to thanksgiving. With the use of this second strategy, the birth narrative is transposed and becomes an intentional beginning point for the larger Samuel-Saul-David narrative. Hannah’s story begins in utter helplessness (silence); it anticipates Israel’s royal narrative which also begins in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

Hannah’s lament and Eli’s response 1:9-18These verses provide some insight into the godly character of Samuel’s mother and her personal relationship with Yahweh. That she would offer her son to God’s service for life was similar to asking that God would lead your child into "the ministry." Asking that he would be a lifetime Nazirite was similar to asking that your child would dedicate himself completely to God, not just by profession but also by conviction. Hannah showed that she desired the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

The Birth of SamuelHannah, the childless wife of Elkanah, is. grieved by her childlessness, and prays for a son. Her prayer is heard, and in gratitude she consecrates her child to the service of Jehovah.1. Ramathaim-zophim] Ramathaim (’double height’) probably denotes the district in which Ramah (’height’) was the chief town. It was at Ramah that Samuel was born, lived, laboured, died, and was buried. As Ramah was a common name in a hilly country like Palestine, Zophim is here added to denote... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:9

(9) After they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk.—This was the solemn sacrificial meal, at which the whole family were present.Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat.—Eli, the high priest of Israel at this time, was a descendant of Ithamar, the younger son of Aaron (see 1 Chronicles 24:3, where it is stated that his great-grandson, Ahimelech, was of the sons of Ithamar). The circumstances which led to the transfer of the dignity from the line of Eleazar, who succeeded his father Aaron... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Samuel the Seer In Samuel we have a deep stretch of condescension God in communion with the life of a child. I. Was he a miracle this little Samuel? No in the view characteristic of the Bible he is the real and normal aspect of humanity. All seers of God's kingdoms have seen it by the light of their childhood. We do not drop our childhood when we become men, we carry it with us into the life of men. Every sage bears within his bosom a little Samuel an instinctive child life which concludes... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:1-18

CHAPTER I.HANNAH’S TRIAL AND TRUST.1 Samuel 1:1-18.THE prophet Samuel, like the book which bears his name, comes in as a connecting link between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He belonged to a transition period. It was appointed to him to pilot the nation between two stages of its history: from a republic to a monarchy; from a condition of somewhat casual and indefinite arrangements to one of more systematic and orderly government. The great object of his life was to secure that this... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Analysis and Annotations I. SAMUEL THE PROPHET AND JUDGE 1. The Birth and Childhood of Samuel CHAPTER 1 1. Elkanah and his wives (1 Samuel 1:1-8 ) 2. Hannah’s prayer and vow (1 Samuel 1:9-18 ) 3. The prayer answered and Samuel born (1 Samuel 1:19-20 ) 4. The child weaned and presented unto the Lord (1 Samuel 1:21-28 ) The descent of Samuel opens the book. The names are of striking significance. Elkanah means “acquired of God.” He was the son of Jeroham (tenderly loved), the son of... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 1:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:1-10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:9

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:1-18

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

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