Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:22
22. The women that assembled at the door All classes of women, young and old, assembled at Shiloh for the purpose of worship, as Hannah did, and some were probably there employed in some kind of service for the tabernacle; but neither this passage nor Exodus 38:8, sustains the notion of some, that there was a regularly constituted order of female ministers or deaconesses that served at the tabernacle. Women may, indeed, have done some things to aid the sanctuary worship, but they certainly... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:20
20. The Lord give thee seed… for the loan Literally: May Jehovah establish unto thee a seed from this woman in the place of the one asked for, (that is, Samuel,) which was asked for of Jehovah, (by both Elkanah and Hannah.) Compare the note on 1 Samuel 1:28. Eli here prays that other children may be granted to these pious parents to compensate them for the one now dedicated to the Lord, and 1 Samuel 2:21 shows that this prayer of the high priest was answered as speedily as the one... read more