1 Samuel 1:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as he did so year by year, whend she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. ”

1 Samuel 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And as he did so ... - It should rather be “And so she did year by year, as often as she went up to the House of the Lord, so she provoked her.” Though the verb is masculine, Peninnah must be the...
1 Samuel 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Elkanah and his Rival Wives. The book opens with a domestic scene which throws light on the practical working of polygamy in ancient Israel. The husband is an Ephraimite, Elkanah of Ramah, i.e. t...
1 Samuel 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. And as he did so year by year - As the whole family went up to Sh...
1 Samuel 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And as he did so year by year. — That is, Elkanah, on the occasion of every yearly visit to the national sanctuary, was in the habit of publicly giving the childless Hannah the double gift, to show...
1 Samuel 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hannah's Prayer and Vow 1 Samuel 1:1-11 Elkanah was evidently a kind husband to Hannah; but marriage had suffered from the general relaxation of morals, and the bitter effects of polygamy are i...
1 Samuel 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. It should seem that the exercises of poor Hannah's mind, were...
1 Samuel 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as he did so year by year ,.... Elkanah went up every year to Shiloh, and offered sacrifices, taking his family with him, and gave to Peninnah and her children their portion, and to Hannah a dou...
1 Samuel 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. Ver. 7. And as he did so year by year. ] His kindness to her t...
1 Samuel 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As he did so year by year when she went , &c. This circumstance is noted as the occasion of the contention, because at such times they were forced to more society with one another, by the way, a...
1 Samuel 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parentage of Samuel; Elkanah, Hannah, and Peninnah. B. C. 1140. 1 Now there was a certai...
1 Samuel 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As he did so, i.e. either as oft as he went and carried them with him to worship; or as Elkanah expressed peculiar kindness to Hannah, as was said, 1 Samuel 1:5 . Year by year, i.e. every year...
1 Samuel 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Events That Lead Up To Samuel's Birth ( 1 Samuel 1:1-20 ). We should note initially the godliness of both Elkanah and Hannah. The writer's aim is to bring out that they were worthy and godly p...
1 Samuel 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 1:2 . “Two wives.” “Perhaps he took the second on account of Hannah’s barrenness” ( Wordsworth ). 1 Samuel 1:3 . “Yearly.” Probably to the Passover,...
1 Samuel 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

And he had two wives. The folly of polygamy Abraham’s domestic peace was embittered, so that he was at length compelled to dismiss Hagar; and Jacob saw much strife arise amongst his household w...
1 Samuel 1:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE EARLY LIFE OF SAMUEL . EXPOSITION THE GENEALOGY AND BIRTHPLACE OF SAMUEL ( 1 Samuel 1:1-9 ) 1 Samuel 1:1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim. Though Sam...
1 Samuel 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Unhappiness and the Prayer of Hannah
1 Samuel 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:19
1 Samuel 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

When she went — This circumstance is noted as the occasion of the contention, because at such times they were forced to more society with one another, by the way, and in their lodgings; whereas at...

1 Samuel 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 1:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 1:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 1:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 1:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 1:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes