1 Samuel 1:22-24 NVIPT

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:21-28

The parents’ thanksgiving 1:21-28a"Scenes 3 [1 Samuel 1:19-20] and 4 [1 Samuel 1:21-28 a] are a pair, not unlike the pairing of 1 [1 Samuel 1:3-8] and 2 [1 Samuel 1:9-19]. They are the two scenes of resolution. . . . These two scenes are concerned not with the birth, but with Hannah coming to terms with the reality of Yahweh. She is portrayed as the one who is needy, trustful, submissive, and grateful. She is a model of fidelity." [Note: Ibid., p. 39.] The Mosaic Law required an offering to God... 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 1:22

(22) 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 mother proposed, when the weaning had taken place, to leave her son as a servant of the sanctuary, there to remain all his life.On the late period of weaning among the Oriental nations, Kalisch refers to the Persian custom of suckling boys two years and two months, and girls two years. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:23

(23) Only the Lord establish his word.—No special word or promise of the Eternal in the case of the infant Samuel is recorded in this history; but there was an ancient Rabbinical tradition that a direct revelation respecting the future destiny of Samuel was made. “The Bath-kol (Daughter of the Voice) went forth, saying, There shall arise a just one, whose name shall be Samuel. Then every mother who bore a son called him Samuel; but when they saw his actions, they said, This is not Samuel. But... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:24-25

(24, 25) With three bullocks . . . And they slew a bullock.—There at first sight seems a discrepancy here, and the LXX. translators seem to have felt it, for they read, instead of “three bullocks,” “a bullock of three years old.” The true explanation, however, is that the one bullock alluded to in 1 Samuel 1:25 was the burnt offering by which the child was consecrated to the Lord. The other two were the yearly festival offering, the presentation of which being the usual gift, the chronicler did... 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 1:23

1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his {i} word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.(i) Because her prayer took effect, therefore it was called the Lord’s promise. 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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Samuel 1:21-28

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Samuel 1:24-25

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

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

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

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 1:23

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

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