1 Samuel 1:20 NVI

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

The Birth of Samuel 1Sa 1:20 HANNAH, the wife of Elkanah, besought the Lord for a man child. This draws our attention to the scope of human prayer. Men cannot pray by rule. We do but mock men when we say, You must pray for this and not for that. Such an exhortation may do for a man when his heart is not inflamed by the passion of godly desire; it may do for him in his coldest and most indifferent mental states. But when he is in his most vehement and determined moods, he cannot be fettered... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:20

(20) Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. I would have the Reader to notice in this verse, the expression, when the time was come about. There is a time to favor Zion. We are in haste for all we ask. But the Lord's time is the best time. The Lord waits this time to be gracious. If the Reader would mark this in his memorandums, it would be of great use to... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:20

About, at the expiration of the year, which term the ancients frequently allowed between the conception and the nativity, Genesis xviii. 10. --- Samuel. This name imports, asked of God. (Challoner) --- Some letters are omitted for the easier pronunciation, as the Hebrews would now write it, Saul-meel; (Calmet) or it may signigy, "God placed him," sum-hal. (Tirinus) --- Shaal means, "to ask." But Vatable thinks that Anna retained only the first letter. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

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 journey. When men are in such haste to set out upon journeys, or to engage in business, that they have not time to worship God, they are likely to proceed without his presence and blessing. Hannah, though she felt a warm regard for the courts of God's house, begged to stay at home. God will have... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

Samuel Born and Brought to Shiloh v. 19. 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 remembered her, for it is He alone whole gift children are in marriage. v. 20. Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, at the end of the period of pregnancy, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Samuel 1:1-20

FIRST PART: SAMUEL1 Samuel 1-7Samuel’s Life and Work as Judge, Priest and Prophet, Directed Towards a Through Reformation of the Theocracy and Laying the Foundation of the Theocratic Kingdom____________FIRST DIVISION: SAMUEL’S EARLY LIFE1 Samuel 1-3____________FIRST SECTIONSamuel’s Birth in Answer to Prayer to the Lord1 Samuel 1:1-20I. Samuel’s parents, the Ephrathite Elkanah and the childless Hannah. 1 Samuel 1:1-81Now [om. Now1] there was a certain [om. certain] man of Ramathaim-zophim,2 of... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Samuel 1:12-28

the Child Dedicated to God 1 Samuel 1:12-28 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 prayer; and this sad woman had no opportunity for audible petition, so she spake in her heart. We may all do that amid the crowds that sweep gaily past us in their light-hearted way. Let us not grow weary. “She continued praying before the Lord.” People may misunderstand and reproach you. The... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 1:1-28

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 seen, was one of degeneracy. It was during this period that they practically rejected God as their one King. The clamor for an earthly king which followed was the natural outcome of this practical rejection. The first movement of the Book deals with the story of Samuel, the last, and in some senses,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:19-26

They Return Home and Samuel Is Born, And When He Is Weaned He Is Given To YHWH (1 Samuel 1:21-26 ). In accordance with Hannah’s faith she bears a son, and will not again go up to the Temple until she can fulfil her vow and present him to YHWH. Then upon his being weaned off his mother’s milk she and Elkanah again go to the Temple together and she presents her son to YHWH. Analysis. a And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before YHWH, and returned, and came to their house to... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 1:19-28

1 Samuel 1:19-Hosea : . 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 God” ; cf. Elijah and Joel, which have a similar meaning. When Samuel was weaned, i.e. after two years at least, perhaps longer, as he is said to have “ ministered” apparently at once, Hannah took him to Shiloh, made an offering of a bullock (LXX of 1 Samuel... read more