Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880]
Overview
Sa1 1:1, Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh; Sa1 1:4, He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah; Sa1 1:9, Hannah in grief prays for a child; Sa1 1:12, Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her; Sa1 1:19, Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned; Sa1 1:24, She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord.
Ramathaimzophim: 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. Sa1 1:19; Mat 27:57, Arimathea
Elkanah: Ch1 6:25-27, Ch1 6:34
Zuph: Sa1 9:5
Ephrathite: Sa1 17:12; Jdg 12:5; Rut 1:2; Kg1 11:26
two: Gen 4:19, Gen 4:23, Gen 29:23-29; Jdg 8:30; Mat 19:8
but: Gen 16:1, Gen 16:2, Gen 25:21, Gen 29:31; Jdg 13:2; Luk 1:7
yearly: Heb. from year to year, Exo 23:14, Exo 23:17, Exo 34:23; Deu 16:16; Luk 2:41
to worship: Deu 12:5-7, Deu 12:11-14
Shiloh: Sa1 1:9; Jos 18:1; Jdg 18:31; Psa 78:60; Jer 7:12-14
And the: Sa1 1:9, Sa1 2:12-17, Sa1 2:34, Sa1 3:13, Sa1 4:4, Sa1 4:11, Sa1 4:17, Sa1 4:18
offered: Lev 3:4, Lev 7:15; Deu 12:5-7, Deu 12:17, Deu 16:11
a worthy portion: or, a double portion, The Hebrew phrase, manah achath appayim, is correctly rendered by Gesenius, ein Stud fur zwei personen, doppelle Portion, "a portion for two persons, a double portion;" for aph in Hebrew, and προσωπον in Greek, which literally mean a face, are used for a person. Gen 43:34, Gen 45:22
he loved: Gen 29:30, Gen 29:31; Deu 21:15
adversary: Lev 18:18; Job 6:14
provoked her: Heb. angered her
year: Sa1 2:19
when she: or, from the time that she, Heb. from her going up
why weepest: Sa2 12:16, Sa2 12:17; Kg2 8:12; Job 6:14; Joh 20:13, Joh 20:15; Th1 5:14
am not: Rut 4:15; Psa 43:4; Isa 54:1, Isa 54:6
Sa1 3:3, Sa1 3:15; Sa2 7:2; Psa 5:7, Psa 27:4, Psa 29:9
in bitterness of soul: Heb. bitter of soul, Rut 1:20; Sa2 17:8; Job 7:11, Job 9:18, Job 10:1; Isa 38:15, Isa 54:6; Lam 3:15
prayed: Psa 50:15, Psa 91:15; Luk 22:44; Heb 5:7
wept sore: Gen 50:10; Jdg 21:2; Sa2 13:36; Kg2 20:3; Jer 13:17, Jer 22:10
vowed: Gen 28:20; Num 21:2, Num 30:3-8; Jdg 11:30; Ecc 5:4
look: Gen 29:32; Exo 4:31; Sa2 16:12; Psa 25:18
remember: Sa1 1:19; Gen 8:1, Gen 30:22; Psa 132:1, Psa 132:2
a man child: Heb. seed of men
I will give: Samuel, as a descendent of Levi, was the Lord's property, from twenty-five years of age till fifty; but the vow here implies that he should be consecrated to the Lord from his infancy to his death, and that he should not only act as a Levite, but as a Nazarite.
continued praying: Heb. multiplied to pray, Luk 11:8-10, Luk 18:1; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2; Th1 5:17; Jam 5:16
spake: Gen 24:42-45; Neh 2:4; Psa 25:1; Rom 8:26
she had: Zac 9:15; Act 2:13; Co1 13:7
How long: Jos 22:12-20; Job 8:2; Psa 62:3; Pro 6:9; Mat 7:1-3
put away: Job 11:14, Job 22:23; Pro 4:24; Eph 4:25, Eph 4:31
of a sorrowful spirit: Heb. hard of spirit
poured: Psa 42:4, Psa 62:8, Psa 142:2, Psa 142:3, Psa 143:6; Lam 2:19
a daughter: Sa1 2:12, Sa1 10:27, Sa1 25:25; Deu 13:13
out of: Job 6:2, Job 6:3, Job 10:1, Job 10:2; Mat 12:34, Mat 12:35
complaint: or, meditation
Go: Sa1 25:35, Sa1 29:7; Jdg 18:6; Kg2 5:19; Mar 5:34; Luk 7:50, Luk 8:48
the God: Ch1 4:10; Psa 20:3-5
Let thine: Gen 32:5, Gen 33:8, Gen 33:15; Rut 2:13
went her: Ecc 9:7; Joh 16:24; Rom 15:13; Phi 4:6, Phi 4:7
they rose: Sa1 9:26; Psa 5:3, Psa 55:17, Psa 119:147; Mar 1:35
knew: Gen 4:1
and the Lord: Sa1 1:11; Gen 8:1, Gen 21:1, Gen 30:22; Psa 25:7, Psa 136:23; Luk 23:42
when the time was come about: Heb. in revolution of days, Samuel. that is, Asked of God. Because. Gen 4:25, Gen 5:29, Gen 16:11, Gen 29:32-35, 30:6-21, Gen 41:51, Gen 41:52; Exo 2:10, Exo 2:22; Mat 1:21
Sa1 1:3; Gen 18:19; Jos 24:15; Psa 101:2
then: Deu 16:16; Luk 2:22, Luk 2:41, Luk 2:42
and there: Sa1 1:11, Sa1 1:28, Sa1 2:11, Sa1 2:18, Sa1 3:1; Psa 23:6, Psa 27:4
for ever: Exo 21:6; Lev 25:23; Jos 4:7; Psa 110:4; Isa 9:7
Do what: Num 30:7-11
son suck: Gen 21:7, Gen 21:8; Psa 22:9; Mat 24:19; Luk 11:27
am 2839, bc 1165, An, Ex, Is, 326
she took: Num 15:9, Num 15:10; Deu 12:5, Deu 12:6, Deu 12:11, Deu 16:16
three bullocks: The LXX, Syriac, and Arabic, read "a bullock of three years old;" which is probably correct, as we read (Sa1 1:25) that they slew eth happar, "the bullock."
house: Sa1 4:3, Sa1 4:4; Jos 18:1
brought: Luk 2:22, Luk 18:15, Luk 18:16
as thy soul: Sa1 17:55, Sa1 20:3; Gen 42:15; Sa2 11:11, Sa2 14:19; Kg2 2:2, Kg2 2:4, Kg2 2:6, Kg2 4:30
For this: Sa1 1:11-13; Mat 7:7
and the Lord: Psa 66:19, Psa 116:1-5, Psa 118:5; Jo1 5:15
lent him: or, returned him, whom I have obtained by petition
to the Lord: The word hishilteehoo, "I have lent him," is the Hiphil conjugation of shual, "he asked," (Sa1 2:27), and refers to the name of Samuel.
he shall be: or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned