Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 1:20
Samuel - i. e. heard of God, because given in answer to prayer. The names “Ishmael” and “Elishama” have the same etymology.
Samuel - i. e. heard of God, because given in answer to prayer. The names “Ishmael” and “Elishama” have the same etymology.
Verse 1 Samuel 1:20. _CALLED HIS NAME SAMUEL_] As she gave this name to her son because she had asked him of the Lord, the word שמואל _Shemuel_ must be here considerably contracted; if it express thi...
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...
BARE. SON. Thus Samuel was. descendant of Korah. See Exodus 6:24. SAMUEL. See note on Title, in the book comments for Samuel....
_Wherefore_ Simply AND. _to Ramah_ See note on Ramathaim-Zophim in 1 Samuel 1:1. _Samuel_ This name, in Hebrew _Shemuel_, is familiar to us only in its Latin dress. It was borne by two other persons...
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...
CALLED HIS NAME SAMUEL, &C.— We have often had occasion to observe, that the reason of names imposed is given in the context; which being the case here, it is surprising that interpreters should have...
_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...
_WHEREFORE IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE TIME WAS COME ABOUT AFTER HANNAH HAD CONCEIVED, THAT SHE BARE A SON, AND CALLED HIS NAME SAMUEL, SAYING, BECAUSE I HAVE ASKED HIM OF THE LORD._ Called his name Sa...
1:20 Samuel, (c-25) Meaning, 'heard of God,' or 'asked for of God.'...
SAMUEL] The name Samuel is here connected with the verb _saal_, 'to ask'; but this seems only to have been a popular etymology. Most probably Samuel means 'name of God': cp. 1 Samuel 1:28....
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...
AND CALLED HIS NAME SAMUEL. — The words translated “because I have asked him of the Lord,” do not explain the meaning of the name “Samuel·” they simply give the reason for his mother so calling him. T...
וַ יְהִי֙ לִ תְקֻפֹ֣ות הַ יָּמִ֔ים וַ
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...
_About, at the expiration of the year, which term the ancients frequently allowed between the conception and the nativity, Genesis xviii. 10. --- Samuel. This name imports, asked of God. (Challoner) -...
(20) Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. I would have the...
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...
WHEREFORE IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE TIME WAS COME ABOUT, AFTER HANNAH HAD CONCEIVED,.... Or, "at the revolutions of days" b; at the end of a year, of a complete year, as Ben Melech, from their return...
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD. Ver. 20. _That she...
_The Lord remembered her_ Manifested his remembrance of her by the effect. _She called his name Samuel_ That is, _asked of God. Saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord_ This was the reason of 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...
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, at the end of the period of pregnancy, THAT SHE BARE A SON, AND CALLED HIS NAME SAMUEL (asked of God), SAYING, BECAU...
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...
TIME WAS COME ABOUT: _ Heb._ revelation of days SAMUEL: That is, asked of God...
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...
So the sense is, When the usual time from the conception to the birth was past, she brought forth her son. Heb. _in or after the revolution, or expiration of some days, Hannah conceived, and_ in due t...
1 Samuel 1:20 process H8622 time H3117 Hannah H2584 conceived H2029 (H8799) bore H3205 (H8799) son H1121 called...
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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 1:20 SAMUEL can mean “name of God” or “offspring of God.” Samuel bore the name of God, who gave him to Hannah. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 1:20. “SAMUEL.” “From _Shama_ to hear, and _El_, God _(Wordsworth)_. “The words of Hannah are not an etymological explanation of the name, but an exposition f...
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...
Exodus 2:10; Exodus 2:22; Genesis 16:11; Genesis 29:32; Genesis 30:6;
Samuel — That is, Asked of God....