1 Samuel 1:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. ”

1 Samuel 1:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hannah Prays for a Child. In her distress Hannah betook herself to the sanctuary and prayed before Yahweh, i.e. before the Ark, for a son. She vowed that if a son were given her, she would devote...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

God . Hebrew. Elohim . App-4.
1 Samuel 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. Grant thee thy petition - He was satisfied he had formed a wrong judgment, and by...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Eli answered and said, Go in peace— Satisfied by her modest and respectful answer, Eli dismisses her with a blessing; which appears to have given Hannah so much gratification, that she departed in...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 1:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Birth of Samuel Hannah, 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...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The God of Israel grant thee thy petition. — The character of Eli is a deeply interesting one. Weak and over-indulgent to his headstrong, wicked sons, probably too self-indulgent, and a lover of ea...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I. HANNAH'S TRIAL AND TRUST. 1 Samuel 1:1-18 . THE prophet Samuel, like the book which bears his name, comes in as a connecting link between the Judges and the Kings of Israel. He belo...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 1:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 se...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. Observe, how her meek answer wrought upon the mind of Eli. A soft answer turn...
1 Samuel 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Eli answered and said, go in peace ,.... He found he was mistaken in her, and that her discourse was not only sober and rational, but religious and spiritual; and therefore dismisses her in pea...
1 Samuel 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant [thee] thy petition that thou hast asked of him. Ver. 17. Go in peace. ] Take no further anxious care about this business; but...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Eli said, Go in peace , &c. Her modest and respectful answer fully satisfied him, and he prayed that God would grant her petition, or, as the Chaldee interprets his words, assured her, that the...
1 Samuel 1:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hannah's Prayer. B. C. 1140. 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and a...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Go in peace; I recall my censure, and give thee my blessing, and wish thee peace, i.e. a quiet and composed mind, free from whatsoever it is that grieves and oppresses thee; and withal, good succes...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hannah's Prayer For A Son And How She Became Confident That YHWH Had Answered Her Prayer ( 1 Samuel 1:9-18 ). In this passage Hannah prays desperately for a son, and promises YHWH that if He will...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 1:13 . “She spake in her heart.” Prayer is almost always oral in the East, even in public ( Kitto ). 1 Samuel 1:14 . “Put away thy wine from thee,”...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1-4 (with Judges 21:16-25 ) I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant,...
1 Samuel 1:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 1:1 . Ramathaim-zophim. The latter name being plural, refers to high towers; but Ramathaim was afterwards called Arimathea, the town of Joseph the ruler, twenty miles from Jerusalem. But...
1 Samuel 1:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Therefore Eli thought she was drunken. Of the sinfulness of rash judgments This was not the first time, nor will it be the last that God’s true servants have been mocked and falsely accused for...
1 Samuel 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Unhappiness and the Prayer of Hannah
1 Samuel 1:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 4:10 ; 1 Samuel 25:35 ; 1 Samuel 29:7 ; 2 Kings 5:19 ; Judges 18:6 ; Luke 7:50 ; Luke 8:48 ; Mark 5:34 ; Psalms 20:3-5

1 Samuel 1:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 1:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 1:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 1:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 1:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 1:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 1:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge