Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 1:23
His word — His matter or thing; the business concerning the child, what thou hast vowed concerning him, that be may grow up, and be accepted and employed by God in his Service.
His word — His matter or thing; the business concerning the child, what thou hast vowed concerning him, that be may grow up, and be accepted and employed by God in his Service.
Verse 1 Samuel 1:23. _UNTIL THOU HAVE WEANED HIM_] On the nature of this _weaning_, and the time in which it was usually done, the reader will be pleased to refer to _Clarke's note on "_Genesis 21:8_...
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...
_his word_ No express promise of a son has been mentioned; Eli's blessing in 1 Samuel 1:17 can scarcely be understood as such. But Samuel's birth implied that Hannah's prayer was heard, and Elkanah pr...
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....
ONLY THE LORD ESTABLISH HIS WORD— Houbigant renders this, _only the Lord establish that which thou hast said._ We prefer, says he, to the common reading דברו _debaro, his word,_ דברךֶ _debarek, thy wo...
_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 ELKANAH HER HUSBAND SAID UNTO HER DO WHAT SEEMETH THEE GOOD; TARRY UNTIL THOU HAVE WEANED HIM;_ _ AND ELKANAH HER HUSBAND SAID UNTO HER, DO WHAT SEEMETH THEE GOOD; TARRY UNTIL THOU HAVE WEANED HI...
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 WORD] LXX 'thy word.' No mention has been made in the preceding account of any promise of God....
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...
ONLY THE LORD ESTABLISH HIS WORD. — No special word or promise of the Eternal in the case of the infant Samuel is recorded in this history; but there was an ancient Rabbinical tradition that a direct...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר לָהּ֩ אֶלְקָנָ֨ה אִישָׁ֜הּ עֲשִׂ֧י...
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 Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his (i) word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him...
_Word, by preserving the life of the child, (Calmet) and enabling him to serve according to our engagement. (Haydock) --- Word is often put for "a thing," in Hebrew. May God perfect his own work. (Men...
(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 ELKANAH HER HUSBAND SAID UNTO HER, DO WHAT SEEMETH THEE GOOD,.... He spake like a kind and indulgent husband, knowing that she would not thereby break any law of God; and it might be more for her...
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. V...
_Only the Lord establish his word_ We do not read of any thing the Lord had spoken about this child: but, perhaps Elkanah looked upon what Eli had said as spoken by God, because he was God's high-prie...
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 Elkanah, her husband, said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good, he was in entire sympathy with his wife in this matter; TARRY UNTIL THOU HAVE WEANED HIM; ONLY THE LORD ESTABLISH HIS WORD, fulfill...
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...
THE LORD ESTABLISH HIS WORD; either, first, The word of God made known to them by Eli, above, 1 SAMUEL 4:17, which being delivered by God's high priest, and that in answer to his and his wife's prayer...
1 Samuel 1:23 Elkanah H511 husband H376 said H559 (H8799) Do H6213 (H8798) seems H5869 best H2896 wait...
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...
_And Elkanah her husband said unto her._ THE FATHER MUST TAKE HIS PART IN THE SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF CHILDREN It is a poor manhood and a dishonourable, neglectful fatherhood that leaves all the religio...
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...
2 Samuel 7:25; Genesis 21:7; Genesis 21:8; Isaiah 44:26; Luke 11:27;...
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...