Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 2:15
The fat — And the other parts to be burnt with it. So this was all additional injury; for they took such parts as they best liked whilst it was raw.
The fat — And the other parts to be burnt with it. So this was all additional injury; for they took such parts as they best liked whilst it was raw.
Verse 1 Samuel 2:15. _BEFORE THEY BURNT THE FAT_] They would serve _themselves_ before GOD was served! This was iniquity and arrogance of the first magnitude. _HE WILL NOT HAVE SODDEN FLESH_] He choo...
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:
1 SAMUEL 2:12 WICKEDNESS OF THE SONS OF EU. 1 Samuel 2:12. Belial (see 1 Samuel 1:16). 1 Samuel 2:12 f. Move full stop from
THEY: i.e. not the offerer, but the priest for him. Give flesh. This was contrary to Leviticus 3:16; Leviticus 7:23; Leviticus 7:25; Leviticus
_Also_ EVEN. The climax of their transgression was the offence against Jehovah. _sodden Boiled_: the perf. of -seethe" is -sod" (Genesis 25:29), and the past partic. -sodden....
The faithless priests of Shiloh 12. _sons of Belial_ WORTHLESS MEN. See note on 1 Samuel 1:16. _they knew not the_Lord] Were ignorant of His character and so despised His laws. Cp. Judges 2:10; Job 1...
2. The Childhood of Samuel, 1 Samuel 2:12 to 1 Samuel 3:21. _Eli's sinful sons._ 1 Samuel 2:12-17 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord. 13 And the priests-' custom with...
_ALSO BEFORE THEY BURNT THE FAT, THE PRIEST'S SERVANT CAME, AND SAID TO THE MAN THAT SACRIFICED, GIVE FLESH TO ROAST FOR THE PRIEST; FOR HE WILL NOT HAVE SODDEN FLESH OF THEE, BUT RAW._ No JFB commen...
2:15 burned (a-4) See Leviticus 1:9...
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)...
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....
(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....
BEFORE THEY BURNT THE FAT. — This was a still graver offence against the ritual of the sacrifice. A contemptuous insult was here offered to the Lord. This fat was not to be eaten or taken by any one;...
גַּם֮ בְּ טֶרֶם֮ יַקְטִר֣וּן אֶת ־הַ חֵלֶב֒
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...
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...
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...
Also before they burnt the (m) fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. (m) Which w...
_Raw. Here are two other abuses. The fat ought first to have been burnt, in honour of the Lord; and the meat should have been boiled, in order that the priest might not be taken off from his sacred fu...
(13) And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; (14) An...
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...
_‘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...
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...
ALSO BEFORE THEY BURNT THE FAT,.... Which belonged to the Lord, and was to be offered to him by fire, in the first place, as it ought to be; and the order of sacrificing required that he should have h...
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. Ver. 15. _Also...
_All that the flesh-hook brought up_, &c. This was a new custom, which they had profanely introduced. For, not content with the breast and right shoulder, allowed them by God, they took also part of t...
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...
Also before they burned the fat, before the sacrifice proper, which included the fat, Leviticus 3:3, THE PRIEST'S SERVANT CAME, AND SAID TO THE MAN THAT SACRIFICED, GIVE FLESH TO ROAST FOR THE PRIEST,...
The Wicked Practices of Eli's Sons...
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...
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...
THE FAT, and the other parts to be burnt with it. See LEVITICUS 3:3,4,9 7:31. So this was an additional injury; for lest the fork should mistake and injure them, they took such parts as they best like...
1 Samuel 2:15 burned H6999 (H8686) fat H2459 priests H3548 servant H5288 come H935 (H8804) say H559 ...
THE RISE OF SAMUEL AND THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ELI (1 SAMUEL 2:12 TO 1 SAMUEL 3:1). In this section we now have a description of the careful build up of Samuel's ministry and of his own spiritual gro...
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: 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...
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...
_Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial._ INDULGENT HOME LIFE I. The sins it induces. The sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are the more prominent, so we will contemplate, 1. Their conduct and character....
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
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:12 These verses describe how the WORTHLESS... SONS OF ELI (v. 1 Samuel 2:12) treated the tabernacle sacrifices...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 2:15 These verses seem to suggest that Eli’s sons were guilty of a further deviation from the already degenerate custom described in vv. 1 Samuel 2:13. This is an extraordi
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:12. “SONS OF BELIAL.” See on Chapter 1 Samuel 1:16. 1 Samuel 2:13. They were not content with the portions assigned to them by the Levitical law, namely, the...
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
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...
Jude 1:12; Leviticus 3:16; Leviticus 3:3; Philippians 3:19; Romans 1