Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 1:11
Give him — That is, consecrate him to God's service in his temple. No razor — That is, he shall be a perpetual Nazarite.
Give him — That is, consecrate him to God's service in his temple. No razor — That is, he shall be a perpetual Nazarite.
Verse 1 Samuel 1:11. _I WILL GIVE HIM UNTO THE LORD_] Samuel, as a descendant of the house of _Levi_, was the Lord's property from _twenty-five_ years of age till _fifty_; but the vow here implies th...
vows are characteristic of this particular age of the Judges. (Compare Judges 11:30; Jdg 21:5; 1 Samuel 14:24.) For the law of vows in the case of married women, see Numbers
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...
VOWED. VOW. made. solemn vow. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. See note on Genesis 26:28. REMEMBER ME, and not forget. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6) for great emphasis. NO RAZOR. See Numbe...
_vowed a vow_ The law of vows, with special limitations in the case of married women, is given in Numbers 30. _look on the affliction of thine handmaid_ The rendering of the LXX. "If thou wilt indeed...
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...
_AND SHE VOWED A VOW, AND SAID, O LORD OF HOSTS, IF THOU WILT INDEED LOOK ON THE AFFLICTION OF THINE HANDMAID, AND REMEMBER ME, AND NOT FORGET THINE HANDMAID, BUT WILT GIVE UNTO THINE HANDMAID A MAN C...
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...
See Numbers 6 respecting the Nazirite vow....
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 SHE VOWED A VOW. — The vow of Hannah contained two solemn promises — the one pledged the son she prayed for to the service of the Eternal all the days of his life. The mother looked on to a life-l...
וַ תִּדֹּ֨ר נֶ֜דֶר וַ תֹּאמַ֗ר יְהוָ֨ה צְבָאֹ
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...
A vow; rightly trusting that her husband would give his consent, Numbers xxx. 7. --- Razor. Hebrew mora, "scissors." Septuagint, "iron." Some copies add, "he shall not drink wine, nor any intoxicating...
(11) And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a m...
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 SHE VOWED A VOW,.... Which might be confirmed by her husband; otherwise the vow of a woman, if disapproved of by her husband, was not valid, Numbers 30:8 and Elkanah might make the same vow his wi...
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man ch...
_But wilt give unto thy handmaid_ She thrice calls herself God's handmaid, out of a profound sense of her meanness, and his majesty. And she desires a man-child, because only such could wait upon the...
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 she vowed a vow and said, O Lord of hosts, Jehovah of Sabbath, IF THOU WILT INDEED LOOK ON THE AFFILIATION OF THINE HANDMAID, the misery of her childlessness, AND REMEMBER ME, AND NOT FORGET THINE...
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...
A MAN CHILD: _ Heb._ seed of men...
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...
SHE VOWED A VOW; knowing that her husband would willingly consent to it, otherwise she had not power to do it. IF THOU WILT INDEED LOOK ON, to wit, favourably, so as to remove it. THE AFFLICTION, i.e....
1 Samuel 1:11 made H5087 (H8799) vow H5088 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 indeed H7200 ...
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...
_And she vowed a vow._ ABOUT SETTING OUR HEARTS UPON THINGS And Hannah,--what shall we say of her passionate longing and prayer for a child? Was this sinful, like the longing of the Israelites for gr...
_And she was in bitterness of soul and prayed unto the Lord._ THE SUCCESS OF HANNAH’S PRAYER, AND THE REASONS FOR IT 1_._Both Jacob’s prayer and Hannah’s prayer are very short. Hannah’s consists of...
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 1:11 I WILL GIVE HIM TO THE LORD ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE may mean that Hannah will dedicate her son as a Nazirite. According to...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 1:9. “POST,” or _portal_. “Probably a porch which had been placed before the curtain that formed the entrance into the Holy Place” _(Keil)_. “TEMPLE,” “or pala...
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 1:19; 2 Samuel 16:12; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Exodus 4:31; Ge