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Verse 1 Samuel 2:31. _I WILL CUT OFF THINE ARM_] I will destroy the
strength, power, and influence of thy family....
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I WILL CUT OFF THINE ARM ... - A strong phrase for breaking down the
strength and power, of which the arm is the instrument in man (compare
Zechariah 11:17). See 1 Samuel 2:33....
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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:
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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...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
ARM. seed....
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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...
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_I will cut off thine arm_ = I will destroy thy strength. "The arm" is
a common expression for "might," "strength." Cp. Psalms 10:15;
Zechariah 11:17. One signal fulfilment of this doom was the massac...
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I WILL CUT OFF—THE ARM OF THY FATHER'S HOUSE— i.e. The _power_ and
_authority;_ of which _the arm_ in Scripture is the emblem. The
Chaldee renders it, _I will cut off the strength of thy seed._...
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_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...
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_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._
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and...
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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)...
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CUT OFF THINE ARM] destroy thy power, as Psalms 10:15....
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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....
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הִנֵּה֙ יָמִ֣ים בָּאִ֔ים וְ
גָֽדַעְתִּי֙ אֶת...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine (x) arm, and the arm
of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine
house.
(x) Thy power and authority....
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_Arm, strength or children. I will slay some; others I will reduce to
extreme want. Some explain it of the ark, which was the protection of
Israel. (Calmet) --- Old man, to govern. (Du Hamel) --- It i...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME,.... Or, are coming g; and will quickly come, in
a very little time the things, after threatened, began to take place,
even in the days of Eli's sons, and the whole was accomplis...
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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.
Ver. 31. _I will cut off thine arm,_] _e.g., _ The ability...
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_I will cut off thine arm_ I will take away thy strength, or all that
in which thou placest thy confidence. This threatening was fulfilled,
when the ark, which is called God's strength, (Psalms 78:61,...
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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...
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Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, the word here
standing for might, power, influence, authority, AND THE ARM OF THY
FATHER'S HOUSE, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE AN OLD MAN IN THINE HOUS...
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THE PROPHECY AGAINST ELI...
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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...
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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...
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I WILL CUT OFF THINE ARM, i.e. I will take away thy strength, which is
oft signified by the arm, as JOB 22:8 PSALMS 37:17, or all that in
which thou placest thy confidence and security; either,
1. The...
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1 Samuel 2:31 days H3117 coming H935 (H8802) off H1438 (H8804) arm
H2220 arm H2220 fathers H1 house...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Kings 2:26; 1 Kings 2:27; 1 Kings 2:35; 1 Samuel 14:3; 1 Samuel 22
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Arm — That is, I will take away thy strength, or all that in which
thou placest thy confidence, either, the ark, which is called God's
strength, Psalms 78:61, and was Eli's strength, who therefore was...
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Did God change His mind? (See comments on Exodus 32:14)...