1 Samuel 1:22-24 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 1:22

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:24

And when she had weaned him ,.... At the usual time of weaning children; See Gill on 1 Samuel 1:23 some refer this not only to the milk of the breast, from which he was weaned, but to such food as was common to children, and so supposes him grown up to nine or ten years of age: she took him up with her ; to the tabernacle at Shiloh, at a yearly festival: with three bullocks; for three sorts of offerings, burnt offering, sin offering, and peace offering; or since one only is spoken of... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:24

With three bullocks - The Septuagint, the Syriac, and the Arabic, read, a bullock of three years old; and this is probably correct, because we read, 1 Samuel 1:25 , that they slew הפר את eth happar , The bullock. We hear of no more, and we know that a bullock or heifer of three years old was ordinarily used, see Genesis 15:9 . One ephah of flour - Seven gallons and a half. A bottle of wine - יין נבל nebel yayin , a skin full of wine. Their bottles for wine... 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

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 1:22

1 Samuel 1:22 . I will not go up till the child be weaned Not only from the breast, but from the mother’s knee and care, and childish food. She was not bound by the law to go up with her husband; and therefore, though she had been wont to go, she resolved, as became a prudent woman, to stay at home, till the child was so far grown up, as not only to be strong enough to accompany her, but capable of being instructed in the service of the tabernacle, and of being useful therein. For, it... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:23

1 Samuel 1:23. Only the Lord establish his word We do not read of any thing the Lord had spoken about this child: but, perhaps Elkanah looked upon what Eli had said as spoken by God, because he was God’s high-priest. The Hebrew, however, may be rendered with equal propriety, The Lord establish his work; that is, may he perfect what he hath begun, by making the child grow up, and become fit for God’s service, that he may be employed therein and accepted of God. For the word דבר dabar, ... read more

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:24

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:24

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 1:23

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