Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Samuel 2:26
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
AND THE CHILD SAMUEL ... - The account of our Lord’s growth Luke 2:52 is very similar; “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” The literal version of the passage be...
3. THE FAILURE OF ELI AND HIS SONS CHAPTER 2:12-36 _ 1. The wicked sons of Eli (1 Samuel 2:12)_ 2. Samuel before Jehovah and Hannah blessed (1 Samuel 2:18) 3. The empty warning of Eli (1 Samuel 2:
ELI REMONSTRATES WITH HIS SONS. 1 Samuel 2:22. and. how that. meeting: should probably be omitted with LXX (_cf._ Exodus 38:8). TENT OF MEETING: see Exodus 33:7....
_grew on, and was in favour_ A childhood like that of Jesus (Luke 2:52). Again Samuel's progress is contrasted with the declension of Hophni and Phinehas....
Eli's fruitless expostulations with his sons 22. _heard_ " USED TO HEAR all that his sons WERE DOING," constantly and habitually. _the women that assembled_ Rather, THAT SERVED. The word is applied t...
_Samuel's service in the Tabernacle._ 1 Samuel 2:18-26 18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord, _being_ a child, girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brough...
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....
(11-36) The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary — The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli — The Doom of the House of Ithamar....
GREW ON, AND WAS IN FAVOUR. — The very expressions of the biographer of Samuel were adopted by St. Luke when, in the early Chapter s of his Gospel, he wishes to describe in a few striking words the bo...
וְ הַ נַּ֣עַר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל הֹלֵ֥ךְ וְ גָדֵ֖ל
CHAPTER IV. _ ELI'S HOUSE._ 1 Samuel 2:11. THE notices of little Samuel, that alternate in this passage with the sad accounts of Eli and his house, are like the green spots that vary the dull stretc...
THE PENALTY OF DISHONORING GOD 1 Samuel 2:22 Eli was held responsible for the excesses of his sons. He was a mild and gentle old man. But there are times when mildness and gentleness are out of place...
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...
_And men. Thus he is, in some degree, compared with our Saviour, Luke ii. 52. When one minister prevaricates, God presently raises up another, so that he never abandons his Church. (Haydock)_...
(26) And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men. How the mind of the Reader is relieved again and again in this melancholy account of Eli's sons, in the rel...
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...
_‘LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND ON THAT’_ ‘Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.… And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.’ 1 Samu...
_IN FAVOUR WITH GOD AND MEN_ ‘And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.’ 1 Samuel 2:26 These words arouse our attention, not merely on account of what t...
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...
AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW UP,.... Increased in stature and in grace, grew more and more in all respects, and better and better, while Eli's sons grew worse and worse; the contrast between these make t...
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men. Ver. 26. _And the child Samuel grew on, &c._] The worse Eli's graceless sons were, the better Samuel was: the mo...
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...
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the Lord and also with men, this being noted here once more by way of effective contrast....
THE PROPHECY AGAINST ELI...
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...
11-26 Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was c...
He grew better in bad times, which is remembered to his commendation....
1 Samuel 2:26 child H5288 Samuel H8050 grew H1432 stature H1980 (H8802) favor H2896 LORD H3068 men H582...
SAMUEL CONTINUES TO GROW ON, AND IS INCREASING IN FAVOUR BOTH WITH YHWH AND WITH MEN (1 SAMUEL 2:26). 1 Samuel 2:26 ‘ And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favour both with YHWH, and also...
1 Samuel 2:12 , 1 SAMUEL 2:26 The sacred historian dwells with evident pleasure on the beautiful, holy boyhood of the child who served before the Lord, wearing a linen ephod, and who in the visitation...
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...
_And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men._ CHILD GROWTH One of the most beautiful things that God has made in the world is growth, and the world is full...
THE CHILD-PROPHET And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the Lord, and also with men. 1 Samuel 2:26. If you look carefully at the text you will see that it tells us three things a...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:11 At the same time that the boy Samuel is ministering to the Lord (vv. 1 Samuel 2:11, 1
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:26 Similar language is used in Luke 2:52 to describe the physical and spiritual growth of the boy Jesus....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:18. “BUT.” The Levite-child is contrasted with the grown-up priest” _(Wordsworth)_. “EPHOD.” “It does not appear whether the Levites wore the ephod properly....
EXPOSITION SAMUEL'S MINISTRATIONS AT SHILOH (1 Samuel 2:11-9). 1 SAMUEL 2:11 THE CHILD DID MINISTER. Left by his parents at Shiloh, Samuel ministered unto the Lord; that is, certain du
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 Samuel 2:21; Acts 2:47; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52;...