1 Samuel 1:20 NVI

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:20

20. called his name Samuel—doubtless with her husband's consent. The names of children were given sometimes by the fathers, and sometimes by the mothers (see Genesis 4:1; Genesis 4:26; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 19:37; Genesis 21:3); and among the early Hebrews, they were commonly compound names, one part including the name of God. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

1. Hannah’s deliverance ch. 1"1 Samuel 1 is presented as a conventional birth narrative which moves from barrenness to birth. Laid over that plot is a second rhetorical strategy which moves from complaint to thanksgiving. With the use of this second strategy, the birth narrative is transposed and becomes an intentional beginning point for the larger Samuel-Saul-David narrative. Hannah’s story begins in utter helplessness (silence); it anticipates Israel’s royal narrative which also begins in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:19-20

A birth announcement 1:19-20Hannah’s godly character surfaces again in the naming of Samuel. His name probably means "heard of God" or "God hears." Another possibility is "the name of God." Hannah, whose name means "grace" or "graciousness," recognized that Samuel’s birth was not just a coincidence. It was an answer to prayer and a supernatural gift from God."Yahweh is the key actor in the narrative. Hannah could speak complaint and petition only because she submitted to Yahweh. Eli could give... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

The Birth of SamuelHannah, 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 Jehovah.1. Ramathaim-zophim] Ramathaim (’double height’) probably denotes the district in which Ramah (’height’) was the chief town. It was at Ramah that Samuel was born, lived, laboured, died, and was buried. As Ramah was a common name in a hilly country like Palestine, Zophim is here added to denote... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:20

(20) 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. The name Sh’muel (Samuel) is formed from the Hebrew words Sh’mua El (a Deo exauditus), “heard of God.” read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Samuel the Seer In Samuel we have a deep stretch of condescension God in communion with the life of a child. I. Was he a miracle this little Samuel? No in the view characteristic of the Bible he is the real and normal aspect of humanity. All seers of God's kingdoms have seen it by the light of their childhood. We do not drop our childhood when we become men, we carry it with us into the life of men. Every sage bears within his bosom a little Samuel an instinctive child life which concludes... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

CHAPTER II.HANNAH’S FAITH REWARDED.1 Samuel 1:19-28.IN all the transactions recorded in these verse, we see in Hannah the directing and regulating power of the family; while Elkanah appears acquiescing cordially in all that she proposes, and devoutly seconding her great act of consecration, - the surrender of Samuel to the perpetual service of God. For a moment it might be thought that Hannah assumed a place that hardly belonged to her; that she became the leader and director in the house,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

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 1:1-8 ) 2. Hannah’s prayer and vow (1 Samuel 1:9-18 ) 3. The prayer answered and Samuel born (1 Samuel 1:19-20 ) 4. The child weaned and presented unto the Lord (1 Samuel 1:21-28 ) The descent of Samuel opens the book. The names are of striking significance. Elkanah means “acquired of God.” He was the son of Jeroham (tenderly loved), the son of... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

From 1 Chronicles 6:22-28 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"); Tohu ("low, sunk down"); Elihu ("my God is He"); Jeroham ("he is tenderly loved"); resulting in Elkanah ("God has purchased"). These meanings give some indication of the working of God in view of accomplishing His own will in the eventual outcome seen in His servant Samuel. The two wives of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

SAMUEL ’S BIRTH AND DEDICATION A SORROWFUL WIFE (1 Samuel 1:0 ) Like Ruth, the opening of First Samuel deals with events in the time of the Judges, and is the book of transition from that period to the monarchy. 1 Samuel 1:1-8 . Though there is difficulty in locating the city named in verse 1, yet it appears that Elkanah was a native of Bethlehem-judah like Elimelech (see the first lesson in Ruth). He was a Levite (see 1 Chronicles 6:33-34 ), and if it is surprising that he practiced... read more