1 Samuel 1:18-20

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 1:18

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:20

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about, after Hannah had conceived ,.... Or, "at the revolutions of days" F2 לתקפות הימים "in revolutionibus dierum", Montanus; so Piscator. ; at the end of a year, of a complete year, as Ben Melech, from their return from Shiloh; for it might be some time after their return that she conceived; or rather the sense is, that at nine months' end, the usual time of a woman's going with child from her conception, which is the date here... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:18

Let thine handmaid find grace - Continue to think favorably of me, and to pray for me. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:20

Called his name Samuel - As she gave this name to her son because she had asked him of the Lord, the word שמואל Shemuel must be here considerably contracted; if it express this sentiment, the component parts of it are the following: מאל שאול shaul meEl , "asked of God." This name would put both the mother and the son in continual remembrance of the Divine interposition at his birth. See on 1 Samuel 1:28 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

Trial sanctified. The main facts are— 1 . Hannah, impelled by trouble, goes to the sanctuary and records her wish in a vow. 2 . Eli misjudges her character, but hearkens to her self-defence. 3 . Eli discovers therefrom her real piety, and helps to create within her heart an assurance of answer to prayer. 4 . Hannah enters on a brighter path. I. IT BRINGS THE SOUL DIRECT TO GOD . It was doubtless good for Hannah to join the family worship, and derive all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

Character misjudged. I. A RARE FORM OF WORSHIP . It was a rare thing for a solitary woman to be seen offering prayer without audible words and with a semblance of folly. The vicinity of the sanctuary was the scene of many strange and painful events in those days; but here was singularity combined with and expressive of the deepest piety. Prayer, though not in form of set phrase, is true worship when characterised by the features seen in that of the "sorrowful "woman: such as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:12-18

She continued praying. Hannah's prayer was long and earnest, but in silence. She spake not in, but "to her heart," to herself. It was an inward supplication, which only her own heart and God heard. Eli watched, and was displeased. Possibly silent prayer was something unusual. It requires a certain advance in civilisation and refinement to enable a supplicant to separate the petition from the outward expression of it in spoken words, and a strong faith before any one can feel that God hears... read more

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