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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

1 Samuel 2:21

Visited, to wit, in mercy, and with his blessing, as that word is used, Genesis 21:1 Exodus 13:19 Jeremiah 15:15; not in anger, as it is taken Exodus 32:34 Leviticus 26:16. Grew; not only in age and stature, but especially in wisdom and goodness, as Luke 1:15. Or, was magnified; or grew great, famous and acceptable, as 1 Samuel 2:26. Before the Lord; not only before men, who might be deceived, but in the presence and judgment of the all-seeing God.

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See also 1 Samuel 2:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the marginal references. The words “before the” Lord have special reference to his residence at the tabernacle....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SAMUEL'S MINISTRY; HIS MOTHER'S YEARLY GIFT; HER OTHER CHILDREN. 1 Samuel 2:18. ephod: priestly garment (p. 101, Exodus 25:7; cf. Exodus 25:28)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _grew before the_Lord] Three stages of physical, moral (1 Samuel 2:26), and spiritual (1 Samuel 3:19-21) growth are marked....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Samuel's ministry in the tabernacle 18. _Samuel ministered_ The writer dwells upon the contrast between Samuel and the sons of Eli. We see the child attending upon Eli in the sanctuary, growing before...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW BEFORE THE LORD— See 1 Samuel 2:26 and Luke 2:52. As he increased in stature, he increased in wisdom; as parents may be assured will always be the case with those children wh...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD VISITED HANNAH, SO THAT SHE CONCEIVED, AND BARE THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. AND THE CHILD SAMUEL GREW BEFORE THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND ELI BLESSED ELKANAH AND HIS WIFE.... AND THE LORD VISITED HANNAH. — The blessing of Eli, a blessing which soon bore its fruit in the house of the pious couple, — his training of Samuel, and unswer...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־פָקַ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת ־חַנָּ֔ה וַ תַּ֛הַר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GROWING BEFORE THE LORD 1 Samuel 2:12 Not only were Eli's sons strangers to the power of religion in the heart, but they had gone to great lengths of profligacy. They had seized on a larger share of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lord. He behaved well in the tabernacle, (Calmet) notwithstanding the ill example of Heli's own sons. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (20) And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. (21) And the LORD visited Hannah,...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _‘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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD VISITED HANNAH,.... In a way of mercy, approving and confirming the blessing of Eli; or rather granting the blessing he prayed for, by giving her power to conceive, bear, and bring forth...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. Ver. 21. _And the Lord visited Hannah._] In answer to Eli's praye...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Eli blessed Elkanah_, &c. This benediction given in his character of high-priest, and that by a divine suggestion, was followed by the desired effect, and verified what Hannah had uttered in her prop...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord visited Hannah once more in merciful goodness, SO THAT SHE CONCEIVED AND BARE THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. That was the Lord's reward for her pious confidence in Him. AND THE CHILD SAMUE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    HANNAH BLESSED BY THE LORD...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 2:21 And H3588 LORD H3068 visited H6485 (H8804) Hannah H2584 conceived H2029 (H8799) bore H3205 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONTRASTING BEHAVIOUR OF SAMUEL AND HIS FAMILY (1 SAMUEL 2:18). In total contrast the young Samuel, dressed similarly to a priest even though still a child, ministered before YHWH, and continued t...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Samuel 2:21 _(with 1 Samuel 2:26)_ Early growth in grace and knowledge, the training up of a child in the fear and nurture of the Lord and in the praise of His holy name; this is the great lesson...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the child Samuel grew before the Lord._ GROWTH THE BEST TEST “Where there is life there will be growth, and if grace be true, it will surely increase. A painted flower keepeth always at the same...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:18 The story returns to SAMUEL. Before, Samuel was MINISTERING “in the presence of Eli the priest” (v. 1

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 2:26; 1 Samuel 3:19; Genesis 21:1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Grew — Not only in age and stature; but especially in wisdom and goodness. Before the Lord — Not only before men, who might he deceived, but in the presence and judgment of the all — seeing God....

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