Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Samuel 2:2-4
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse 1 Samuel 2:2. _NONE HOLY_] HOLINESS is peculiar to the God of Israel; no false god ever pretended to _holiness_; it was no attribute of heathenism, nor of any religion ever professed in the worl...
ANY ROCK ... - The term rock as applied to God is first found in the song of Moses (see Deuteronomy 32:4 note), where the juxtaposition of rock and salvation in 1 Samuel 2:15, “he lightly esteemed the...
2. HANNAH'S PROPHETIC SONG CHAPTER 2:1 - 10 _ 1. The praise of Jehovah-God (1 Samuel 2:1)_ 2. Jehovah's power and grace in deliverance (1 Samuel 2:4) 3. The prophetic outlook (1 Samuel 2:9) Hannah...
SONG OF HANNAH. This poem is quite unsuited to Hannah's circumstances; its theology is too advanced for primitive times (1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Samuel 2:6; 1 Samuel 2:8), and the reference to the king ...
NONE HOLY. This is the cry of all His saints. See note on Ex. 1 Samuel 15:11. holy. See note on Exodus 3:5. any rock. Compare Deuteronomy 32:4;...
1 Samuel 2:1-11. The Song of Hannah Hannah's song is a true prophecy. She is inspired "to discern in her own individual experience the universal laws of the divine economy, and to recognise its signi...
_rock_ A frequent metaphor to describe the strength, faithfulness, and unchangeableness of Jehovah. See Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Samuel 22:32....
DISCOURSE: 282 HANNAH’S SONG OF THANKSGIVING 1 Samuel 2:1. And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; becaus...
_Hannah's Song of Solomon 2:1-11_ And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies: because I rejoice in thy sal...
HOLY] The Holiness of God in the OT. denotes positively the completeness of the divine nature and negatively God's unlikeness to anything else. ROCK] This is a frequent metaphor to express the strengt...
HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING. THE SIN OF ELI'S SONS 1-10. The Song of Hannah. This beautiful poem has been well called the 'Magnificat of the Old Testament.' The song of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46)...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 2 HANNAH’S PRAYER V1 Hannah prayed and said, ‘I am very happy when I think about the *Lord....
NEITHER IS THERE ANY ROCK. — This was a favourite simile among the inspired song-writers of Israel. The image, doubtless, is a memory of the long desert wandering. The steep precipices and the strange...
אֵין ־קָדֹ֥ושׁ כַּ יהוָ֖ה כִּ֣י אֵ֣ין בִּלְתּ
CHAPTER III. _ HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING._ 1 Samuel 2:1. THE emotion that filled Hannah's breast after she had granted Samuel to the Lord, and left him settled at Shiloh, was one of triumphant j...
THE GOD OF THE LOWLY 1 Samuel 2:1 Hannah's song was to inspire David, the Virgin-Mother, and countless others to sing hymns of praise. So the song of a bird will set the whole woodland ringing with t...
We have the record of the song of triumph sung by Hannah, in which she set forth the might and justice of Jehovah. Thus, in the dark and troublous times, Jehovah is seen acting toward deliverance, by...
_Holy. This is frequently a title of God, the holy one of Israel, Isaias i. 4., and v. 19. He is essentially holy. --- Strong. Hebrew, "no rock like," &c. The rocks of Palestine were the common fortre...
(2) There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. I pray the Reader not to overlook the great warmth of devotion, expressed in those words. The...
The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
In the beautiful song of 1 Samuel 2 Hannah recognises this great principle of sovereign grace, and of the power of God; that He brings down the proud and those who trust in the flesh, and exalts the w...
THERE IS NONE HOLY AS THE LORD,.... From the consideration of what the Lord had done for her, which had filled her heart and mouth with joy and praise, she is led to celebrate the perfections of God,...
1 Samuel 2:2 [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God. Ver. 2. _There is none holy as the Lord._] "Glorious in holiness, fearful in...
_There is none holy as the Lord_ None so perfectly, unchangeably, and constantly holy. _None besides_ Not only none is so holy as thou art, but in truth there is _none holy besides thee;_ namely entir...
1 Hannahs song in thankefulnesse. 12 The sinne of Elies sonnes. 18 Samuels ministerie. 20 By Elies blessing, Hannah is more fruitfull. 22 Eli reprooueth his sonnes. 28 A prophecie against Elies h...
There is none holy as the Lord; for there is none beside Thee, His holiness being the reflection of His majesty; NEITHER IS THERE ANY ROCK LIKE OUR GOD, in whom the believers may always place their tr...
Hannah's Song of Thankfulness...
The rejoicing prayer of Hannah is now uttered AFTER she has given up her child. The prayer of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, reminds us of this one, though hers was spoken before he child was bor...
1-10 Hannah's heart rejoiced, not in Samuel, but in the Lord. She looks beyond the gift, and praises the Giver. She rejoiced in the salvation of the Lord, and in expectation of His coming, who is the...
THERE IS NONE HOLY AS THE LORD; none so perfectly, exchangeably, and constantly holy, as God hath showed himself to be in this act of grace to me, whereby he hath both checked the proud and mighty, an...
1 Samuel 2:2 holy H6918 LORD H3068 besides H1115 rock H6697 God H430 none holy - Exodus 15:11;...
THE PRAYER-PROPHECY OF HANNAH (1 SAMUEL 2:1). This prayer-prophecy should be seen as continuing the thought of 1 Samuel 1. It does, however, summarise the message of the whole book, leading up to the...
1 SAMUEL 1-4 _(with Judges 21:16)_ I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant, who does...
CONTENTS: Hannah's prophetic prayer. Evil sons of Eli. Samuel in the tabernacle. The warning to Eli. CHARACTERS: God, Hannah, Eli, Samuel, Hophni, Phinehas, Elkanah, a prophet. CONCLUSION: Nothing i...
1 Samuel 2:1. _Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth._ This song is much admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, and t...
_There is none holy as the Lord._ THE FOUR PERFECTIONS OF GOD 1. She speaks of his holiness; “There is none holy as the Lord.” St. Mary the Virgin echoes her, when in her song she says: “Holy is his...
_Neither is there any rock like our God._ GOD COMPARED TO A ROCK I. God is here described as a rock. God frequently compares himself to a rock, and that for his people’s encouragement. 1. He is com...
_And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord._ HANNAH’S SONG Modern criticism has decided, to its own satisfaction, that the noble hymn here attributed to Hannah, cannot possibly have...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:1 Hannah’s song is very similar to the prayer of Mary in Luke 1:46. There are also many similarities to psalms and other passages of the OT—especially Psalm 113—as the nume...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:2 THERE IS NONE BESIDES YOU. There is no HOLY being besides the Lord. Only the Lord is God (see Deuteronomy 4:
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:1. “AND HANNAH PRAYED.” “Hymns are wont to be comprehended under the name of prayers” (Psalms 71:20). “It was the most ancient way of preserving the memory of...
EXPOSITION HANNAH'S SONG OF PRAISE (1 Samuel 2:1). 1 SAMUEL 2:1 AND HANNAH PRAYED AND SAID. Like the Magnificat, Hannah's hymn of thanksgiving begins with the temporal mercies accorded to hers
This book presents the history, the personal history of Samuel who was the last of the Judges. It ushers in the beginning of the period of the kings in the children of Israel, or among the children of...
1 Peter 1:16; 2 Samuel 22:32; Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 32:20;...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN HANNAH 1 Samuel 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two prayers which fell from the lips of Hannah. The first is described in chapter 1, of I Samuel. It was a prayer full of we...
None holy — None so perfectly, unchangeably and constantly holy. None beside — Not only none is so holy as thou art, but in truth there is none holy besides thee; namely, entirely, or independently, b...