“ And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. ”
Samuel is Born and Dedicated to Yahweh. The family went home and in due time a son was born to Hannah, whom she called Shemuel (Samuel), possibly, His name is God. His Name = Yahweh, i.e. Yahweh...
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And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
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 bulloc...
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 appear...
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...
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...
(25) And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. The offerings were costly. Here was the sin-offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offering, all presented. It was the custom in...
And they slew a bullock ,.... One of the three Hannah brought, unless the singular is put for the plural, and so all three were slain, some for sacrifice, and some for food perhaps; or if only one w...
And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. Ver. 25. And brought the child to Eli. ] Not without a gratuity, that he might have the more care of the child.
They slew a bullock The three bullocks mentioned 1 Samuel 1:22 , the singular number being put for the plural, which is frequent. As thy soul liveth As surely as thou livest. Which asseveration...
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...
The Birth of Samuel; Samuel Presented to the Lord. B. C. 1137. 19 And they rose up in...
A bullock; either, first, One of the three at the present, reserving the rest for the future. Or, secondly, The three bullocks mentioned 1 Samuel 1:24 , to which the article here added, in the H...
They Return Home and Samuel Is Born, And When He Is Weaned He Is Given To YHWH ( 1 Samuel 1:21-26 ). In accordance with Hannah's faith she bears a son, and will not again go up to the Temple until...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 1:24 . Hebrew mothers were accustomed to suckle their children for three years (2Ma. 7:27). “A child three years old is not troublesome in the East, and h...
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 1:1 . 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...
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks. The duty of presenting children to God in the way of religious education There is nothing more characteristic of Chri...
Samuel Born and Brought to Shiloh
Luke 18:15 ; Luke 18:16 ; Luke 2:22
A Life Dedicated to God 1 Samuel 1:21-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are studying today the story of a man who was noted for his piety, and purity, and prayer. He was not a Prophet as was Isaiah, or...
A bullock — The three bullocks mentioned 1 Samuel 1:24 , the singular number being put for the plural, which is frequent.