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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

Hannah’s Prayer For A Son And How She Became Confident That YHWH Had Answered Her Prayer (1 Samuel 1:9-18 ). In this passage Hannah prays desperately for a son, and promises YHWH that if He will grant her a son she will give him to YHWH for as long as he lives. And when Eli ‘the Priest’ (the High Priest) has blessed her she knows that God has heard her prayer. Analysis. a So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk (1 Samuel 1:9 a). b Now Eli the priest was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:19-26

They Return Home and Samuel Is Born, And When He Is Weaned He Is Given To YHWH (1 Samuel 1:21-26 ). In accordance with Hannah’s faith she bears a son, and will not again go up to the Temple until she can fulfil her vow and present him to YHWH. Then upon his being weaned off his mother’s milk she and Elkanah again go to the Temple together and she presents her son to YHWH. Analysis. a And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before YHWH, and returned, and came to their house to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:9-18

1 Samuel 1:9-Job : . Hannah Prays for a Child.— In her distress Hannah betook herself to the sanctuary and prayed before Yahweh, i.e. before the Ark, for a son. She vowed that if a son were given her, she would devote him to Yahweh; the outward sign of his devotion being one of the peculiarities of the Nazirites (pp. 103, 105, Judges 13:5 *, Numbers 6*), viz. that his hair should be allowed to grow. The priest of the sanctuary, Eli, a local magnate, also spoken of as “ judge,” ( 1 Samuel... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

1 Samuel 1:19-Hosea : . Samuel is Born and Dedicated to Yahweh.— The family went home and in due time a son was born to Hannah, whom she called Shemuel (Samuel), possibly, “ His name is God.” “ His Name” = Yahweh, i.e. “ Yahweh is God” ; cf. Elijah and Joel, which have a similar meaning. When Samuel was weaned, i.e. after two years at least, perhaps longer, as he is said to have “ ministered” apparently at once, Hannah took him to Shiloh, made an offering of a bullock (LXX of 1 Samuel... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 1:15

I am a women; in whom drunkenness is most abominable; so that the Romans punished it with death; therefore judge me not so severely. Of a sorrowful spirit; and therefore not likely to give up myself to drink and jollity, and far from that merry temper which drunkards have: I am drunk with affliction, not with wine, as is said, Isaiah 51:21. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, to wit, this day: see above, 1 Samuel 1:7,1 Samuel 1:8. Have poured out my soul; have been breathing forth the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 1:16

For a daughter of Belial; for such a wicked monster, as a drunken woman is. The oppression of my spirits hath forced me to speak, and that so liberally at this time, for the case of my sinking heart. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 1:17

Go in peace; I recall my censure, and give thee my blessing, and wish thee peace, i.e. a quiet and composed mind, free from whatsoever it is that grieves and oppresses thee; and withal, good success and prosperity in what thou desirest; for peace is a very comprehensive word among the Hebrews. Grant, or will grant; for it may be either a prayer or a prediction, which he might deliver, either from the consideration of God’s known goodness and readiness to hear prayers; or he might be directed to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 1:18

Grace in thy sight; that favourable opinion, and good will, and gracious prayer, which thou hast expressed on my behalf, be pleased to continue toward me. Her countenance was no more sad; her heart being cheered by the priest’s comfortable words, and especially by God’s Spirit setting them home upon her, and assuring her that both his and her prayers should be heard, it quickly appeared in her countenance. Heb. her indignation, or vexation, (as the word face is sometimes understood, as Genesis... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 1:19

They rose up in the morning early; partly for their journey, and partly for prayer, as it follows, for which this was a very fit and usual time, Psalms 5:3; Psalms 119:147. Remembered her, i.e. manifested his remembrance of her by the effect. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:12-18

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—1 Samuel 1:13. “She spake in her heart.” Prayer is almost always oral in the East, even in public (Kitto).1 Samuel 1:14. “Put away thy wine from thee,” i.e., sleep off the effects of intoxication.1 Samuel 1:15. “Neither wine nor strong drink has been poured out unto me, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord” (A. Clarke).1 Samuel 1:16. “Belial,” i.e., worthlessness or wickedness. The word is not a proper name, although it has become impersonified to... read more

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