The meaning is explained by 1 Samuel 2:36. Those who are not cut off in the flower of their youth shall be worse off than those who are, for they shall have to beg their bread. (Compare Jeremiah 22:10.)
Thine eyes ... thine heart - For a similar personification of the tribe or family see Judges 1:2.
Verse 1 Samuel 2:33. _AND THE MAN OF THINE_] Of this passage Calmet observes: "The posterity of Eli possessed the high priesthood to the time of Solomon; and even when that dynasty was transferred to...
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:
A PROPHET FORETELLS THE DEATH OF ELI'S SONS, AND THE EXPULSION OF HIS FAMILY FROM THE PRIESTHOOD. Composed by the Deuteronomic Editor (see above, p. 273), to connect the misconduct of the sons of Eli...
THINE. Septuagint reads "his". GRIEVE. Hebrew. _'adab._ Occurs only here. HEART. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. IN THE FLOWER OF THEIR AGE. Septuagint reads "with the sword of men"....
The doom of Eli's house 27. _a man of God_ i.e. a prophet commissioned by God. Even in the general decay of religion (1 Samuel 3:1) God still had his messengers. The title "man of God" is applied to...
_And the man_, &c. or, YET EVERY MAN OF THINE WILL I NOT CUT OFF FROM MINE ALTAR, TO CONSUME THINE EYES AND TO VEX THY SOUL; i.e. some will still survive to mourn over the ruin of their family. "_Thin...
_Prophecy against Eli's wicked sons._ 1 Samuel 2:27-35 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they wer...
_AND THE MAN OF THINE, WHOM I SHALL NOT CUT OFF FROM MINE ALTAR, SHALL BE TO CONSUME THINE EYES, AND TO GRIEVE THINE HEART: AND ALL THE INCREASE OF THINE HOUSE SHALL DIE IN THE FLOWER OF THEIR AGE._...
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)...
Those who did not die young would pass their life in vexation and grief. THINE EYES.. THINE HEART] rather as LXX, 'his eyes.. his heart.' SHALL DIE IN THE FLOWER OF THEIR AGE] LXX reads 'shall die by...
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....
TO CONSUME THINE EYES AND TO GRIEVE THINE HEART. — The _Speaker’s Commentary_ well refers to 1 Samuel 2:36 for an explanation of these difficult words. “Those who are not cut off in the flower of thei...
(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....
וְ אִ֗ישׁ לֹֽא ־אַכְרִ֤ית לְךָ֙ מֵ עִ֣ם
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...
THE PENALTY OF DISHONORING GOD 1 Samuel 2:22 Eli was held responsible for the excesses of his sons. He was a mild and gentle old man. But there are times when mildness and gentleness are out of place...
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...
_Spent. Hence we may learn to adore the depth of God's judgments, who knows how to punish both in life and death. --- Part. Septuagint, "the most exalted of thy house shall fall by the sword of men."_...
(31) Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. (32) And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in a...
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...
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...
AND THE MAN OF THINE,..... Of his family, which should spring from him: whom I shall not cut off from mine altar: from serving there: who though he shall not be an high priest, but a common priest, as...
And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age....
_The man of thine_ That is, of thy posterity. _Shall be to grieve thy heart_ Shall be so forlorn and miserable, that if thou wast alive to see it, it would grieve thee at the heart, and thou wouldst c...
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...
THE PROPHECY AGAINST ELI...
And the man, the descendant, OF THINE WHOM I SHALL NOT CUT OFF FROM MINE ALTAR SHALL BE TO CONSUME THINE EYES AND TO GRIEVE THINE HEART; AND ALL THE INCREASE OF THINE HOUSE SHALL DIE IN THE FLOWER OF...
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...
27-36 Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to st...
THE MAN OF THINE, i.e. those of thy posterity. FROM MINE ALTAR, i.e. from attendance upon mine altar; whom I shall not destroy, but suffer to live, and wait at the altar. SHALL BE TO CONSUME THINE EYE...
1 Samuel 2:33 men H376 off H3772 (H8686) altar H4196 consume H3615 (H8763) eyes H5869 grieve H109 heart...
YHWH SENDS A MAN OF GOD TO PASS HIS VERDICT ON ELI'S HOUSE (1 SAMUEL 2:27). Scripture constantly reveals that God is never left without a witness. Always at special times of need a ‘man of God' appear...
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...
_In the flower of their age._ PREMATURE DEATH CONSEQUENT UPON, PARENTAL NEGLECT Now it is too evident to require proof, that the sin, of which Eli was guilty, naturally tends to produce the consequen...
_I will cut off thine arm._ JUDGMENT UPON A FALSE PRIESTHOOD “As a priest or interpreter of the holy is the noblest and highest of all men, so is a sham priest the falsest and basest; neither is it...
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 2:31 The man of God (see v. 1 Samuel 2:27) declares a curse for Eli and all his descendants for their breaking of the covenant. Compare the punishments described in...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:27. “A MAN OF GOD.” A prophet, as in 1 Kings 13:1, etc. “The only one mentioned since Deborah.” _(Biblical Commentary.)_ “THY FATHER.” “Eli was a descendant o...
EXPOSITION THE DIVINE JUDGMENT UPON ELI AND HIS HOUSE (1 Samuel 2:27-9). 1 SAMUEL 2:27 THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD. The
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 Kings 1:19; 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Kings 2:27; 1 Samuel 22:21
Of thine — That is, of thy posterity. Shalt grieve — Shall be so forlorn and miserable, that if thou wast alive to see it, it would grieve thee at the heart, and thou wouldst consume thine eyes with w...