And they rose up. — Another notice of the pious customs of the house of Elkanah. This is a striking picture of one of the many holy homes in Israel, even in the wild, disorderly days of the Judges, and of the deep degradation of the priests of the sanctuary.
“The house at Ramah,” the usual short name by which the city, “The Ramahs of the Watchers,” Ramathaim-zophim, was known.
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...
RAMAH. Hence this was Samuel's residence. remembered. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia.App-6._...
_the_Lord _remembered her_ Cp. Genesis 30:22....
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...
_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...
_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...
וַ יַּשְׁכִּ֣מוּ בַ † בֹּ֗קֶר וַ יִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ֙...
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...
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD (g) remembered her. (g) According...
(19) В¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. Doth not t...
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 THEY ROSE UP IN THE MORNING EARLY,.... Partly for devotion, and partly for the sake of their journey: AND WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE LORD; went up to the tabernacle, and prayed with their faces toward...
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. Ver. 19. _And the...
_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...
SAMUEL BORN AND BROUGHT TO SHILOH...
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the Lord, took part in the morning service, AND RETURNED, AND CAME TO THEIR HOUSE TO RAMAH. AND ELKANAH KNEW HANNAH, HIS WIFE; AND THE LORD...
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...
THEY ROSE UP IN THE MORNING EARLY; partly for their journey, and partly for prayer, as it follows, for which this was a very fit and usual time, PSALMS 5:3, PSALMS 119:147. REMEMBERED HER, i.e. manife...
1 Samuel 1:19 early H7925 (H8686) morning H1242 worshiped H7812 (H8691) before H6440 LORD H3068 returned H7725 ...
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...
_And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord._ EARLY MORNING PRAYER The fragrance of the morning prayer lingers with us throughout the day. A man cannot free himself from th...
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...
1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 9:26; Genesis 21:1; Genesis 30:22; Genesis 4:1;...
Remembered — Manifested his remembrance of her by the effect....