Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
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.
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.
Verse 1 Samuel 1:16. _COUNT NOT THINE HANDMAID FOR A DAUGHTER OF BELIAL_] אל תתן את אמתך לפני בת בליעל _al titten eth amathecha liphney_ _bath Beliyael_; 'Put not thy handmaiden before the faces of a...
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...
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 hi...
_a daughter of Belial_ Rather, A WORTHLESS, or, WICKED WOMAN. Our translators have wrongly treated this word as a proper name in the historical books, but not elsewhere, though the alternative is gene...
Hannah's Prayer and its answer 9. _So Hannah rose up_ Simply AND. Hannah left the feast for which she had not heart, and went to pray. _Eli the priest_ Eli belonged to the house of Ithamar Aaron's fo...
_Hannah's prayer. 1 Samuel 1:9-18_ 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord. 10 And she _wa...
_NOW HANNAH, SHE SPAKE IN HER HEART; ONLY HER LIPS MOVED, BUT HER VOICE WAS NOT HEARD: THEREFORE ELI THOUGHT SHE HAD BEEN DRUNKEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
1:16 Belial. (b-9) See Deuteronomy 13:13 ....
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...
A DAUGHTER OF BELIAL] lit. 'a daughter of worthlessness,' i.e. a worthless woman. 'Belial' came to be used as a name for Satan (2 Corinthians 6:15). GRIEF] RV 'provocation.'...
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...
אַל ־תִּתֵּן֙ אֶת ־אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ לִ פְנֵ֖י בַּת
CHAPTER I. _ HANNAH'S TRIAL AND TRUST._ 1 Samuel 1:1. THE prophet Samuel, like the book which bears his name, comes in as a connecting link between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He belonged to...
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...
_Belial; "without restraint;" abandoned. (Haydock) --- Septuagint, "pestiferous." --- Sorrow. Hebrew, "meditation;" (Calmet) what preys upon my spirits. (Haydock)_...
(15) And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. (16) Count not thine handma...
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...
COUNT NOT THINE HANDMAID FOR A DAUGHTER OF BELIAL,.... A yokeless, a lawless, impudent, and abandoned creature; one of the most wicked, vilest, and most profligate wretches; as she must be to come dru...
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. Ver. 16. _Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial._] That is, O...
_Count not thy handmaid for a daughter of Belial_, &c. A Scripture phrase for a wicked person. Thus, when we are unjustly censured, we should endeavour not only to clear ourselves, but to satisfy our...
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...
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial, be was not to place her on a level with worthless bad women; FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF MY COMPLAINT AND GRIEF HAVE I SPOKEN HITHERTO, while Eli had...
THE UNHAPPINESS AND THE PRAYER OF HANNAH...
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...
COMPLAINT: Or, meditation...
9-18 Hannah mingled tears with her prayers; she considered the mercy of our God, who knows the troubled soul. God gives us leave, in prayer, not only to ask good things in general, but to mention tha...
1 Samuel 1:16 consider H5414 (H8799) maidservant H519 a H6440 woman H1323 H1100 abundance H7230 complaint H7879 grie
HANNAH'S PRAYER FOR A SON AND HOW SHE BECAME CONFIDENT THAT YHWH HAD ANSWERED HER PRAYER (1 SAMUEL 1:9). In this passage Hannah prays desperately for a son, and promises YHWH that if He will grant he...
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...
_Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit._ A WOMAN OF A SORROWFUL SPIRIT The special cause of Hannah’s sorrow arose from the institution of polygamy, which, although...
_Therefore Eli thought she was drunken._ OF THE SINFULNESS OF RASH JUDGMENTS This was not the first time, nor will it be the last that God’s true servants have been mocked and falsely accused for act...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:1 The Story of Samuel. Samuel’s birth is God’s answer to the prayer of a childless woman. Samuel becomes a prophet who guides Israel as they move from the period of the jud...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:12 Eli assumes that Hannah is DRUNK and therefore rebukes her. This shows his devotion to the law, which forbade drunkenness in the sanctuary....
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._, sle...
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 10:27; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 25:25; Deuteronomy 13:13;...
Count not, &c. — Thus when we are unjustly censured, we should endeavour not only to clear ourselves, but to satisfy our brethren, by giving them a just and true account of that which they misapprehen...