1-11 Hannah's song in thankfulness 12-17 The sin of Eli's sons 18,19 Samuel's ministry 20,21 by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful 22-26 Eli reproves his sons 27-36 A prophecy against Eli's house

prayed Ne 11:17 Hab 3:1 Php 4:6

My heart Lu 1:46,47 Ro 5:11 Php 3:3 4:4 1Pe 1:8

mine horn Ps 18:2 89:17 92:10 112:8,9 Lu 1:69

my mouth Ex 15:1,21 Jud 5:1,2 Ps 51:15 71:8 Re 18:20

I rejoice Ps 9:14 13:5 20:5 35:9 118:14 Isa 12:2,3 Hab 3:18

2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

none holy Ex 15:11 De 32:4 Ps 99:5,9 111:9 Isa 6:3 57:15 1Pe 1:16 Ro 4:8 15:4

none beside De 4:35 2Sa 22:32 Ps 73:25 Isa 43:10,11 44:6,8

rock De 3:24 32:20,31,39 Ps 18:2 71:3,19 86:8 89:6,8 Isa 40:18 Jer 10:6

3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

let not arrogancy [heb] hard Ps 94:4 Pr 8:13 Isa 37:23 Da 4:30,31,37 Mal 3:13 Jude 1:15,16

a God 1Ki 8:39 Ps 44:21 94:7-10 147:5 Jer 17:10 Heb 4:12 Re 2:23

by him Job 31:6 Isa 26:7 Da 5:27

4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

The bows Ps 37:15,17 46:9 76:3

stumbled Isa 10:4 Jer 37:10 2Co 4:9,10 12:9 Eph 6:14 Php 4:13 Heb 11:34

5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

full Ps 34:10 Lu 1:53 16:25

the barren 1Sa 1:20 Ps 113:9

waxed feeble 1Sa 1:6 Isa 54:1 Jer 15:9 Ga 4:27

6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

killeth De 32:39 2Ki 5:7 Job 5:18 Ps 68:20 Ho 6:1,2 Joh 5:25-29 11:25 Re 1:18

he bringeth 1Sa 20:3 Ps 116:3 Isa 26:19 Jon 2:2-6 Mt 12:40 2Co 1:9,10

7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

maketh De 8:17,18 Job 1:21 5:11 Ps 102:10

bringeth Ps 75:7 Isa 2:12 Jas 1:9,10 4:10

8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.

the poor Job 2:8 42:10-12 Ps 113:7,8 Da 4:17 Lu 1:51,52

set them 1Sa 15:17 Ge 41:14,40 2Sa 7:8 Job 36:6,7 Ec 4:14 Da 2:48 6:3 Jas 2:5 Re 1:6 3:21 5:10 22:5

the pillars Job 38:4-6 Ps 24:2 102:25 104:5 Heb 1:3

9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

will keep Job 5:24 Ps 37:23,24 91:11,12 94:18 121:3,5,8 Pr 16:9 1Pe 1:5

his saints De 33:3 Ps 37:28 97:10 Pr 2:8 Jude 1:3

be silent Job 5:16 Ec 5:17 Jer 8:14 Zep 1:15 Mt 8:12 22:12,13 Ro 3:19 2Pe 2:17 Jude 1:13

by strength 1Sa 17:49,50 Ps 33:16,17 Ec 9:11 Jer 9:23 Zec 4:6

10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

adversaries Ex 15:6 Jud 5:31 Ps 2:9 21:8,9 68:1,2 92:9 Lu 19:27

out of heaven The LXX. insert, `Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, nor the rich glory in his riches; but let him who glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth the Lord, and executeth judgment and righteousness in the midst of the earth.'

he thunder 1Sa 7:10 12:18 Job 40:9 Ps 18:13,14

judge Ps 50:1-6 96:13 98:9 Ec 11:9 12:14 Mt 25:31,32 Joh 5:21,22 Ro 14:10-12 2Co 5:10 Re 20:11-15

he shall 1Sa 12:13 15:28 16:1 2Sa 7:8,13 Ps 2:6 21:1,7 Isa 32:1 45:24 Mt 25:34 28:18

exalt Ps 89:17,24 92:10 148:14 Lu 1:69

anointed 1Sa 12:3 Ps 2:2 20:6 28:8 45:7 Ac 4:27 10:38

11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

minister 1Sa 2:18 1:28 3:1,15

12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

The sons Ho 4:6-9 Mal 2:1-9

sons of Belial 1Sa 10:27 25:17 De 13:13 Jud 19:22 1Ki 21:10,13 2Co 6:15

knew 1Sa 3:7 Jud 2:10 Jer 2:8 22:16 Joh 8:55 16:3 17:3 Ro 1:21,28-30

13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

all that the flesh hook 1Sa 2:29 Ex 29:27,28 Le 7:34 Isa 56:11 Mal 1:10 2Pe 2:13-15

15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

Le 3:3-5,16 Ro 16:18 Php 3:19 Jude 1:12

16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

presently [heb] as on the day Le 3:16 7:23-25

I will take Jud 18:25 Ne 5:15 Mic 2:1,2 3:5 1Pe 5:2,3

17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

before Ge 6:11 10:9 13:13 2Ki 21:6 Ps 51:4 Isa 3:8

abhorred Mal 2:8,13 Mt 18:7

18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

ministered 1Sa 2:11 3:1

a line ephod 1Sa 22:18 Ex 28:4 Le 8:7 2Sa 6:14

19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

a little coat {Meil katon}, `a little cloak' or {surtout}; an upper garment: see note on ex 28:4

from year to year 1Sa 1:3,21 Ex 23:14

20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.

The natural place for this verse seems to be before the 11th, after which the 21st should probably come in; and after the 21st, perhaps the 26th should follow.

blessed Ge 14:19 27:27-29 Nu 6:23-27 Ru 2:12 4:11

loan. or, petition which she asked 1Sa 1:27,28

21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

visited 1Sa 1:19,20 Ge 21:1 Lu 1:68

grew 1Sa 2:26 3:19 Jud 13:24 Lu 1:80 2:40,52

22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Now 1Sa 8:1

did unto 1Sa 2:13-17 Jer 7:9,10 Eze 22:26 Ho 4:9-11

women It is probable that these were persons who had some employment about the tabernacle: see note on Ex 38:8

assembled assembled by troops Ex 38:8

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

Why 1Ki 1:6 Ac 9:4 14:15

I hear, etc., or I hear evil words of you
by all Isa 3:9 Jer 3:3 8:12 Php 3:19

24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress.

no good Ac 6:3 2Co 6:8 1Ti 3:7 3Jo 1:12

ye make 1Sa 2:17,22 Ex 32:21 1Ki 13:18-21 15:30 2Ki 10:31 Mal 2:8 Mt 18:7 2Pe 2:18 Re 2:20

transgress. or, cry out

25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

sin against De 17:8-12 25:1-3

if a man 1Sa 3:14 Nu 15:30 Ps 51:4,16 Heb 10:26

who shall 1Ti 2:5 Heb 7:25

hearkened De 2:30 Jos 11:20 2Ch 25:16 Pr 15:10 Joh 12:39,40

because. Rather, therefore, as the particle {kee} also signifies (see Ps 116:10) so Noldius, Ideo voluit Jehovah eos interficere, 'Therefore jehovah purposed to destroy them.'

26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.

grew on 1Sa 2:21

was in Pr 3:3 Lu 1:80 2:40,52 Ac 2:47 Ro 14:18

27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

a man 1Sa 9:4 De 33:1 Jud 6:8 13:6 1Ki 13:1 1Ti 6:11 2Pe 1:21

Did I Ex 4:14,27

28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

And did I Ex 28:1,4,6-30 29:4 39:1 Le 8:7,8 Nu 16:5 17:5-8 18:1-7 2Sa 12:7

did I give Le 2:3,10 6:16 7:7,8,32,34,35 10:14,15 Nu 5:9,10 18:8,19 De 18:1-8

29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

kick ye 1Sa 2:13-17 De 32:15 Mal 1:12,13

and at mine They disdained to take the part allowed by the law; and would take for themselves what part they pleased, and as much as they pleased. 1Sa 2:13-16

habitation De 12:5,6 Jos 18:1

and honourest By permitting his sons to deal thus with the sacrifices, and to be served first, by taking their part before the fat, etc., was burnt to the Lord, Eli thus honoured his sons above God. Le 19:15 De 33:9 Mt 10:37 22:16 Lu 14:26 2Co 5:16 Jas 3:17

make 1Sa 2:13-16 Isa 56:11,12 Eze 13:19 34:2 Ho 4:8 Mic 3:5 Ro 16:18

30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

I said Ex 28:43 29:9 Nu 25:11-13

Be it far Nu 35:34 2Ch 15:2 Jer 18:9,10

them Jud 9:10 Ps 50:23 Pr 3:9,10 Isa 29:13 Da 4:34 Mal 1:6 Joh 5:23 8:49 13:31,32 17:4,5

I will honour Ps 18:20 91:14 Joh 5:44 12:26 1Co 4:5 1Pe 1:7

that despise Nu 11:20 2Sa 12:9,10 Mal 2:8,9

31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

I will cut That is, I will destroy the strength, power, influence, and authority of thee and thy family; of which the arm of man being the instrument, is used as the emblem. 1Sa 4:2,11,17-20 14:3 22:17-20 1Ki 2:26,27,35 Job 22:9 Ps 37:17 Eze 30:21-24 44:10

32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

an enemy, etc. or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel. This appears to be the right translation; for, agreeably to this prediction, he did see the tabernacle deprived of the ark, which was its glory, and lived to hear that it was captured by the Philistines. 1Sa 4:4,11,22 Ps 78:59-64

an old man Zec 8:4

33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

to consume 1Sa 22:21-23 1Ki 1:7,19 2:26,27 Mt 2:16-18

in the flower, etc. [heb] men

34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

a sign 1Sa 3:12 1Ki 13:3 14:12

in one day 1Sa 4:11,17

35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

I will raise 1Ki 1:8,45 2:35 1Ch 29:22 Eze 34:23 44:15,16 Heb 2:17 7:26-28

I will build 1Sa 25:28 Ex 1:21 Nu 25:13 2Sa 7:11,27 1Ki 11:38 1Ch 6:8-15 Ne 12:10,11

mine Ps 2:2 18:50

36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

is left 1Ki 2:27 Eze 44:10-12

Put [heb] join
one of the priest's offices [heb] somewhat about the priesthood
eat 1Sa 2:29,30 Mal 1:13