Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 1:1
Ramathaim — zophim — Called Ramah, 1 Samuel 1:19. Eparathite — That is, one of Bethlehem — judah, by his birth and habitation, though by his original a Levite.
Ramathaim — zophim — Called Ramah, 1 Samuel 1:19. Eparathite — That is, one of Bethlehem — judah, by his birth and habitation, though by his original a Levite.
THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL -Year from the Creation, 2833. -Year before the Incarnation, 1171. -Year before the first Olympiad, 395. -Year before the building of Rome, 418. -Year of the Julian Perio...
Ramathaim-zophim may signify “the two hills 1 Samuel 9:11 of the watchmen,” so called from its being a post from which the watchmen looked out. But since Zuph is the name of the head of the family, it...
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...
ELKANAH AND HIS RIVAL WIVES. The book opens with a domestic scene which throws light on the practical working of polygamy in ancient Israel. The husband is an Ephraimite, Elkanah of Ramah, _i.e._ the...
MOUNT. hill country of. ELKANAH. Acquired by God, i.e. perhaps in exchange FOR FIRSTBORN (Numbers 3:13; Numbers 3:45),. son of Korah. See Exodus 6:24....
THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED, THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS Ch. 1 Samuel 1:1-8. Elkanah's household and devotion 1. _Now_ AND. The conjunction implies that the book of Samuel is a cont...
A CERTAIN MAN OF RAMATHAIM-ZOPHIM— This might be translated, _the Ramahs of the guards;_ possibly because the village was divided into two parts, situated each upon a hill, where there might be a watc...
I. THE JUDGESHIP OF SAMUEL 1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Samuel 12:25 1. The Birth and Infancy of Samuel, 1 Samuel 1:1 to 1 Samuel 2:11. Samuel's Simple
_NOW THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN OF RAMATHA'IM-ZOPHIM, OF MOUNT EPHRAIM, AND HIS NAME WAS ELKANAH, THE SON OF JEROHAM, THE SON OF ELIHU, THE SON OF TOHU, THE SON OF ZUPH, AN EPHRATHITE:_ A certain man of...
1:1 Ephrathite. (e-34) Or 'Ephraimite,' the Levites being considered as belonging to the tribe in which they lived. see Judges 17:7 ....
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...
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...
NOW THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN. — Literally, _And there was, &c._ These introductory words do not signify that this history is the continuation of the Book of Judges or of any preceding writing. It is a...
וַ יְהִי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶחָ֜ד מִן ־הָ רָמָתַ֛יִם
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...
HANNAH'S PRAYER AND VOW 1 Samuel 1:1 Elkanah was evidently a kind husband to Hannah; but marriage had suffered from the general relaxation of morals, and the bitter effects of polygamy are illustrat...
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...
Now there was a certain man of (a) Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: The Argument -...
There. Hebrew, Septuagint, &c., "And there," &c. The books of Scripture are thus frequently connected. The authors present us with a series of events, without prefixing any title, or their own names,...
CONTENTS This Chapter opens with an account of Samuel's family; of his father Elkanah, and his mother Hannah, particularly. The distress of his mother, by reason of her being childless; the temptation...
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...
NOW THERE WAS A MAN OF RAMATHAIMZOPHIM, OF MOUNT EPHRAIM,.... Ramathaim is a word of the dual number, and signifies two Ramahs; the city consisted of two parts, being built perhaps on two hills, and w...
_Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:_ Samuel was in th...
1 Sam. 1 and 2. By Hannah's song after the birth of Samuel, I am ready to think that Peninnah and Hannah were designed for types of the church of the Jews, and the church of the Gentiles. The expressi...
_Ramathaim-zophim_ The latter word means _watchers_, or _watchmen_, and the former _the Ramahs._ The place is called Ramah, (1 Samuel 1:19,) and seems to have been a village situated on two hills, whi...
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...
THE UNHAPPINESS AND THE PRAYER OF HANNAH...
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of Mount Ephraim, usually called Ramah, some six miles northwest of Jerusalem, in the territory of Benjamin, AND HIS NAME WAS ELKANAH, THE SON OF JEROH...
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...
1-8 Elkanah kept up his attendance at God's altar, notwithstanding the unhappy differences in his family. If the devotions of a family prevail not to put an end to its divisions, yet let not the divi...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 1. Elkanah goeth yearly up to the feast at Shiloh with his two wives: Hannah is barren; Peninnah upbraideth her, 1 SAMUEL 1:1. Hannah prayeth fervently to the Lord for a son; promisin...
1 Samuel 1:1 certain H259 man H376 Zophim H7436 mountains H2022 Ephraim H669 name H8034 Elkanah H511 son H1121 Jeroham...
THE EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO SAMUEL'S BIRTH (1 SAMUEL 1:1). We should note initially the godliness of both Elkanah and Hannah. The writer's aim is to bring out that they were worthy and godly people. Th...
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...
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...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 1:1. The site of RAMATH-ZOPHIM is declared by Dean Stanley to be “the most disputed problem of sacred topography.” It is universally allowed, and it is implied...
THE EARLY LIFE OF SAMUEL. EXPOSITION THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTHPLACE OF SAMUEL (1 Samuel 1:1) 1 Samuel 1:1
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 Chronicles 6:25; 1 Chronicles 6:34; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Samuel 1:19;...
Was Elkanah, the father of Samuel, an Ephraimite or was he a Levite as indicated in 1 Chronicles 6:16-30? PROBLEM: In the short genealogical note in 1 Samuel 1:1, Elkanah is said to be from the mounta...