1 Samuel 1:15-19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

Elkanah had gently reproved Hannah for her inordinate grief, and here we find the good effect of the reproof. I. It brought her to her meat. She ate and drank, 1 Sam. 1:9. She did not harden herself in sorrow, nor grow sullen when she was reproved for it; but, when she perceived her husband uneasy that she did not come and eat with them, she cheered up her own spirits as well as she could, and came to table. It is as great a piece of self-denial to control our passions as it is to control our... read more

Matthew Henry

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 1:15

And Hannah answered and said, no, my lord ,.... That is not my case, you have greatly mistaken it; she answered with great mildness and meekness, without falling into a passion at such a scandalous imputation upon her, and with great respect and reverence to Eli, suitable to his office; so in later times the high priest used to be addressed after this manner, particularly on the day of atonement, "Lord high priest", do so and so F24 Misn. Yoma, c. 1. sect. 3, 5, 7. ; indeed these words... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:16

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial ,.... A yokeless, a lawless, impudent, and abandoned creature; one of the most wicked, vilest, and most profligate wretches; as she must be to come drunk into the sanctuary of God; see 1 Samuel 25:17 . Drunkenness in man is au abominable crime, but much more in a woman. The Romans F1 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 14. c. 13. forbad wine to women, and drunkenness in them was a capital crime, as adultery, or any other; and indeed a drunken woman... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:17

Then Eli answered and said, go in peace ,.... He found he was mistaken in her, and that her discourse was not only sober and rational, but religious and spiritual; and therefore dismisses her in peace, and bids her not distress herself with what he had said to her, nor with anything she had met with from others, or from the Lord; but expect peace and prosperity, and particularly success in what she had been engaged, and had been solicitous for: and the God of Israel grant thee thy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:18

And she said, let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight ,.... She had found favour in his sight she perceives, and she desires it might be continued and increased; and that as he had prayed for her, he would still use his interest at the throne of grace for her: so the woman went her way ; took her leave of Eli, and went from the tabernacle to her husband: and did eat; what remained of the peace offerings, which were to be eaten that night, and not left till the morning; and though she... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19

And they rose up in the morning early ,.... Partly for devotion, and partly for the sake of their journey: and worshipped before the Lord ; went up to the tabernacle, and prayed with their faces towards that part of it, the western part, where stood the ark of the Lord, the symbol of the divine Presence; and when they no doubt gave thanks for all the favours they had received there, and prayed for a safe and prosperous journey home, committing themselves to the care of divine Providence:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:15

I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink - Neither wine nor inebriating drink has been poured out unto me; but I have poured out my soul unto the Lord. There is a great deal of delicacy and point in this vindication. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:16

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial - בליעל בת לפני אמתך את תתן אל al titten eth amathecha liphney bath Beliyael ; 'Put not thy handmaiden before the faces of a daughter of Belial." "If I am a drunkard, and strive by the most execrable hypocrisy (praying in the house of God) to cover my iniquity, then I am the chief of the daughters of Belial." Or, "Give not thy handmaid (to reproach) before the faces of the daughters of Belial." Several of these probably... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:17

Grant thee thy petition - He was satisfied he had formed a wrong judgment, and by it had added to the distress of one already sufficiently distressed. The fact that Eli supposed her to be drunken, and the other of the conduct of Eli's sons already mentioned, prove that religion was at this time at a very low ebb in Shiloh; for it seems drunken women did come to the place, and lewd women were to be found there. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:17

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