‏ 1 Samuel 1:1

The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The First Book of the KINGS

1 Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh.

4 He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah.

9 Hannah in grief prays for a child.

12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her.

19 Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned.

24 She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord.

Ramathaim-zophim.This ancient town, now called Ramla, is, according to Phocas, about thirty-six miles west of Jerusalem, and, according to modern travellers, about nine miles from Joppa and a league from Lydda, between which it is situated. It is built on a rising ground, on a rich plain, and contains about two thousand families.

19; Mt 27:57

Arimathea. mount.

Jud 17:1; 19:1

Elkanah.

1Ch 6:25-27,34

Zuph.

9:5

Ephrathite.

17:12; Jud 12:5; Ru 1:2; 1Ki 11:26

‏ 1 Chronicles 6:23

23

‏ 1 Chronicles 6:27-28

Eliab.

34

Eliel.

1Sa 1:1

Elihu. Elkanah.

1Sa 1:1,19,20Houbigant says that we may here venture to add, "Samuel his son."

Vashni.. It appears that the Joel is here lost out of the text; and that {washni,} which signifies "and the second," and which refers to Abiah, is made into a proper name. The Syriac and Arabic read as in Samuel. The marginal references contain the variation in the names given to the same persons, in different parts of sacred history, as far as it can be ascertained; and nearly the whole, that is at present known concerning them, may be learned by consulting them.

33; 1Sa 8:2

Joel.
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