Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 1:12
continued praying: Heb. multiplied to pray, Luke 11:8-2 Samuel :, Luke 18:1, Ephesians 6:18, Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, James 5:16 read more
continued praying: Heb. multiplied to pray, Luke 11:8-2 Samuel :, Luke 18:1, Ephesians 6:18, Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, James 5:16 read more
spake: Genesis 24:42-Romans :, Nehemiah 2:4, Psalms 25:1, Romans 8:26 she had: Zechariah 9:15, Acts 2:13, 1 Corinthians 13:7 Reciprocal: Genesis 24:45 - speaking Psalms 5:1 - consider my read more
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.A seat — Or, throne; for it is manifest it was raised higher than ordinary, chap4:18. Here he might sit, either as the judge; or rather as high-priest, to hear and answer such as came to him for advice, and to inspect and direct the worship of God.Temple — That is, of the tabernacle, which is frequently so called. read more
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.Bitterness — That is, oppressed with grief.Prayed unto the Lord — They had newly offered their peace-offerings, to obtain the favour of God, and in token of their communion with him, they had feasted upon the sacrifice: and now it was proper to put up her prayer, in virtue of the sacrifice. For the peace-offerings typified Christ's mediation, as well as the sin-offerings: since by this not only atonement is made for... read more
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.Give him — That is, consecrate him to God's service in his temple.No razor — That is, he shall be a perpetual Nazarite. read more
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.Continued — Heb. multiplied to pray. By which it appears that she said much more than is here expressed. And the like you are to judge of the prayers and sermons of other holy persons recorded in scripture, which gives us only the sum and substance of them. This consideration may help us much to understand some passages of the bible. read more
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.Drunken — Because of the multitude of her words, and those motions of her face and body, which the vehemency of her passion, and the fervency in prayer occasioned. read more
9. Hannah rose up To go to the tabernacle to pray before the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:12. Eli the priest הכהן , the priest, made thus definite by the article, means the high priest, who was distinguished from the ordinary priests by being anointed in some peculiarly solemn manner, and therefore called the anointed priest, (Leviticus 4:3;) also by wearing a mitre, a breastplate, and a robe, (Exodus 28:4, where see notes,) and by holding peculiar functions. Hebrews 9:7. Eli was a descendant... read more
11. All… his life, and… no razor… upon his head So he would differ from the ordinary Nazarite (compare Numbers vi) in that the vow was binding not for a certain number of days, but for his whole lifetime. Samson and John the Baptist are supposed to have been the only other examples of a Nazarite for life. read more
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 1:11
vowed: Genesis 28:20, Numbers 21:2, Numbers 30:3-Ruth :, Judges 11:30, Ecclesiastes 5:4 look: Genesis 29:32, Exodus 4:31, 2 Samuel 16:12, Psalms 25:18 remember: 1 Samuel 1:19, Genesis 8:1, Genesis 30:22, Psalms 132:1, Psalms 132:2 a man child: Heb. seed of men I will give: Samuel, as a descendent of Levi, was the Lord's property, from twenty-five years of age till fifty; but the vow here implies that he should be consecrated to the Lord from his infancy to his death, and that he should not... read more