Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 Samuel 1:22
child. young child.
for ever. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Whole), App-6. The whole put for. portion; i.e. as long as he lives. Put literally in 1 Samuel 1:28.
child. young child.
for ever. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Whole), App-6. The whole put for. portion; i.e. as long as he lives. Put literally in 1 Samuel 1:28.
UNTIL THE CHILD BE WEANED - Hebrew mothers, as elsewhere in the East, usually suckled their children until the age of two complete years, sometimes until the age of three....
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...
_until the child be weaned_ He would then be two or three years old. It is still a common practice in the East to suckle children for two years: and in ancient times they were sometimes not weaned til...
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....
I WILL NOT GO UP UNTIL, &C.— There is nothing in the Hebrew for, _I will not go up._ It has been observed, that Elkanah and Hannah treat one another with the greatest propriety and tenderness, and pre...
_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...
_BUT HANNAH WENT NOT UP; FOR SHE SAID UNTO HER HUSBAND, I WILL NOT GO UP UNTIL THE CHILD BE WEANED, AND THEN I WILL BRING HIM, THAT HE MAY APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD, AND THERE ABIDE FOR EVER._ But Hanna...
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...
UNTIL THE CHILD BE WEANED] After this the ordinary attendants at the Tabernacle would be able to take charge of him. In the Koran the usual time for weaning is stated to be the age of two years....
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...
UNTIL THE CHILD BE WEANED. — Weaning, we know, took place very late among the Hebrews. From 2Ma. 7:27, it appears that Hebrew mothers were in the habit of suckling their children for three years. The...
וְ חַנָּ֖ה לֹ֣א עָלָ֑תָה כִּֽי ־אָמְרָ֣ה לְ
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...
CHAPTER I. _ Weaned. The mother of the Machabees weaned her children when they were three years old; (2 Machabees vii. 27.) which Gallien asserts as the proper time, though Avicenna fixes upon two ye...
(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...
BUT HANNAH WENT NOT UP,.... For women, though they might go if they pleased to the yearly feasts, yet they were not obliged to it; whether she went up at the time for her purification, and for the pre...
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. Ver. 22...
_I will not go up till the child be weaned_ Not only from the breast, but from the mother's knee and care, and childish food. She was not bound by the law to go up with her husband; and therefore, tho...
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...
But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, which occurred at the age of three years, AND THEN I WILL BRING HIM THAT HE MAY APPEAR BEFORE THE LOR...
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...
HANNAH WENT NOT UP, to wit, at that sacred anniversary feast, to which she went up before but now did not, because she could not with satisfaction to her mind and conscience appear before the Lord emp...
1 Samuel 1:22 Hannah H2584 up H5927 (H8804) said H559 (H8804) husband H376 child H5288 weaned H1580 ...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 3:1
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...
Weaned — Not only from the breast, but also from the mother's knee and care, and from childish food; 'till the child be something grown up, and fit to do some service in the tabernacle: for it seems t...