Vow, in consequence of his son's nativity. The sacrifice might be of precept, such as the paschal lamb, or for his wife's purification and the redemption of his first-born, as they could not attend in person. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "the victim of days and his vow," which he had probably made in conjunction with Anna. (Menochius)
Verse 1 Samuel 1:21. _THE MAN ELKANAH AND ALL HIS HOUSE_] He and the whole of his family, Hannah and her child excepted, who purposed not to go up to Shiloh till her son was old enough to be employed...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. SAMUEL THE PROPHET AND JUDGE 1. The Birth and Childhood of Samuel CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Elkanah and his wives (1 Samuel 1:1)_ 2. Hannah's prayer and vow (1 Samuel 1:9) 3. Th...
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...
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. OFFER. sacrifice. App-43....
Samuel's infancy and dedication to Jehovah 21. _his vow_ This assumes that Elkanah as well as Hannah had made a vow. The Sept. reads "his vows and all the tithes of his land." Cp. Deuteronomy 12:11....
AND HIS VOW— It is most likely that Elkanah had united with Hannah in the vow she made, 1 Samuel 1:11 and moreover had promised, in case of its completion, to offer some extraordinary sacrifice....
_Samuel's birth._ 1 Samuel 1:19-23 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lo...
_AND THE MAN ELKANAH, AND ALL HIS HOUSE, WENT UP TO OFFER UNTO THE LORD THE YEARLY SACRIFICE, AND HIS VOW._ The man Elkanah ... went up to offer ... his vow. The solemn expression of his concurrence...
THE BIRTH OF SAMUEL Hannah, the childless wife of Elkanah, is. grieved by her childlessness, and prays for a son. Her prayer is heard, and in gratitude she consecrates her child to the service of Jeho...
HIS VOW] Perhaps Elkanah had vowed an offering to God if Hannah had a son, which he now fulfilled: cp. Leviticus 7:16....
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ INTRODUCTION TO 1 AND 2 SAMUEL The books of 1 and 2 Samuel used to be one book. The writer wrote the book in the *Hebrew language. Many years later, m...
AND HIS VOW. — Elkanah too had vowed a vow unto the Lord, in case his wife Hannah should have a son. It has been remarked that vows are characteristic of that particular age of the Judges; for instanc...
וַ יַּ֛עַל הָ אִ֥ישׁ אֶלְקָנָ֖ה וְ כָל
CHAPTER II. _ HANNAH'S FAITH REWARDED._ 1 Samuel 1:19. IN all the transactions recorded in these verse, we see in Hannah the directing and regulating power of the family; while Elkanah appears acqui...
THE CHILD DEDICATED TO GOD 1 Samuel 1:12 Here is a delightful specimen of secret fellowship with God, and its results. Many were coming and going in the Tabernacle-court. It was no place for private...
The first Book of Samuel covers a period of transition in the history of the nation, dealing with the process from the judges to the kings. The condition of the people under the Judges, as we have see...
And the man (h) Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. (h) This Elkanah was a Levite, (1 Chronicles 6:27), and as some write once a year they we...
(21) And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. (22) But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the ch...
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...
We find then, in the beginning of this book, priesthood existing before God in the original form we have mentioned. Eli, pious himself, and fearing God, maintained no order in the priestly family. The...
AND THE MAN ELKANAH, AND ALL HIS HOUSE,.... All his family, excepting Hannah, and her son Samuel; or all the men of his house, as the Targum; for only the males were obliged to appear at the three fes...
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. Ver. 21. _And his vow._] Made first by his wife, and afterwards owned and ratified by himself...
_Elkanah and all his house went up_ Hannah only and her child excepted. _And his vow_ By which it appears, though it was not expressed before, that he heard and consented to her vow; and that he added...
1 Elkanah a Leuite hauing two wiues, worshippeth yeerely at Shiloh. 4 Hee cherisheth Hannah, though barren, and prouoked by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in griefe, prayeth for a childe. 12 Eli first rebuking...
And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his vow, for apparently he also had made a promise to the Lord and now offered this in the form of a sacri...
SAMUEL BORN AND BROUGHT TO SHILOH...
From 1 Chronicles 6:22 we learn that Elkanah was a Levite of the sons of Kohath. The names of four of his forebears are recorded in verse 1, which in order of descent are Zuph (meaning "observer"); To...
19-28 Elkanah and his family had a journey before them, and a family of children to take with them, yet they would not move till they had worshipped God together. Prayer and provender do not hinder a...
ALL HIS HOUSE, i.e. his wife Peninnah, and his children, which are ofttimes called a man's house in Scripture, Hannah only and her child excepted, as it here follows. THE YEARLY SACRIFICE; that solemn...
1 Samuel 1:21 man H376 Elkanah H511 house H1004 up H5927 (H8799) offer H2076 (H8800) LORD H3068 yearly...
THEY RETURN HOME AND SAMUEL IS BORN, AND WHEN HE IS WEANED HE IS GIVEN TO YHWH (1 SAMUEL 1:21). In accordance with Hannah's faith she bears a son, and will not again go up to the Temple until she can...
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: The vow of Hannah and the birth of Samuel. CHARACTERS: God, Eli, Elkhanah, Hannah, Samuel, Peninnah. CONCLUSION: Prayer is heart's ease to a gracious soul. If we seek on the basis of God's...
1 Samuel 1:1. _Ramathaim-zophim._ The latter name being plural, refers to high towers; but Ramathaim was afterwards called Arimathea, the town of Joseph the ruler, twenty miles from Jerusalem. But Zup...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 1:21. “YEARLY SACRIFICE” literally, the “offering of the days,”—the Israelites’ customary and obligatory annual sacrifice. The “offering of the days “is, as it...
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 1:3; Genesis 18:19; Joshua 24:15; Psalms 101:2...
A LIFE DEDICATED TO GOD 1 Samuel 1:21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are studying today the story of a man who was noted for his piety, and purity, and prayer. He was not a Prophet as was Isaiah, or Jeremiah...
His house — Hannah only and her child excepted. His vow — By which it appears, though it was not expressed before, that he heard and consented to her vow, and that he added a vow of his own, if God an...