A beautiful example of the composing influence of prayer. Hannah had cast her burden upon the Lord, and so her own spirit was relieved of its load. She now returned to the family feast, and ate her portion with a cheerful heart. Acts 2:46.
The word “sad” is not in the Hebrew text, but it fairly supplies the meaning intended.
Verse 1 Samuel 1:18. _LET THINE HANDMAID FIND GRACE_] Continue to think favourably of me, and to pray for me....
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...
_grace_ i.e. FAVOUR, as in 1 Samuel 25:8....
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...
_NOW HANNAH, SHE SPAKE IN HER HEART; ONLY HER LIPS MOVED, BUT HER VOICE WAS NOT HEARD: THEREFORE ELI THOUGHT SHE HAD BEEN DRUNKEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
LET THINE HANDMAID FIND GRACE. — In other words, Hannah’s reply to his loving farewell asked the old man to think kindly of her, and to pray for her with his mighty power of prayer. DID EAT, AND HER C...
וַ תֹּ֕אמֶר תִּמְצָ֧א שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ חֵ֖ן בְּ ע
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...
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 she said, Let thine handmaid find (f) grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad]. (f) That is, pray to the Lord for me....
_Eyes: that thou wouldst lay aside thy suspicions against my character, and pray (Calmet) that I may obtain so great a happiness. --- Changed. Hebrew, "no more," as it had been sad, and defaced with t...
(18) And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. Reader! I do beg you to remark the blessed effects of prayer...
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 SAID, LET THINE HANDMAID FIND GRACE IN THY SIGHT,.... She had found favour in his sight she perceives, and she desires it might be continued and increased; and that as he had prayed for her, h...
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more [sad]. Ver. 18. _Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight._] _Ineam...
_Eli said, Go in peace_, &c. Her modest and respectful answer fully satisfied him, and he prayed that God would grant her petition, or, as the Chaldee interprets his words, assured her, that the God o...
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 said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight, she showed her modesty, reverence, and humility in accepting the kind wishes of the high priest. SO THE WOMAN WENT HER WAY AND DID EAT, her he...
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...
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...
GRACE IN THY SIGHT; that favourable opinion, and good will, and gracious prayer, which thou hast expressed on my behalf, be pleased to continue toward me. HER COUNTENANCE WAS NO MORE SAD; her heart be...
1 Samuel 1:18 said H559 (H8799) maidservant H8198 find H4672 (H8799) favor H2580 sight H5869 woman H802 went...
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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:12 Eli assumes that Hannah is DRUNK and therefore rebukes her. This shows his devotion to the law, which forbade drunkenness in the sanctuary....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 1:13. “SHE SPAKE IN HER HEART.” Prayer is almost always oral in the East, even in public (_Kitto_). 1 Samuel 1:14. “PUT AWAY THY WINE FROM THEE,” _i.e._, sle...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:7; Genesis 32:5; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 33:8; John 16:24
Find grace — That favourable opinion and gracious prayer which thou hast expressed on my behalf, be pleased to continue towards me. Sad — Her heart being cheared by the priest's comfortable words, and...