Chapter 1

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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. 1Sam 1:19; Matt 27:57, Arimathea

mount Judg 17:1, Judg 19:1

Elkanah 1Chr 6:25-27, 1Chr 6:34

Zuph 1Sam 9:5

Ephrathite 1Sam 17:12; Judg 12:5; Ruth 1:2; 1Kgs 11:26


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two Gen 4:19, Gen 4:23, Gen 29:23-29; Judg 8:30; Matt 19:8

but Gen 16:1-2, Gen 25:21, Gen 29:31; Judg 13:2; Luke 1:7


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yearly Heb. from year to year, Exod 23:14, Exod 23:17, Exod 34:23; Deut 16:16; Luke 2:41

to worship Deut 12:5-7, Deut 12:11-14

Shiloh 1Sam 1:9; Josh 18:1; Judg 18:31; Ps 78:60; Jer 7:12-14

And the 1Sam 1:9, 1Sam 2:12-17, 1Sam 2:34, 1Sam 3:13, 1Sam 4:4, 1Sam 4:11, 1Sam 4:17-18


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offered Lev 3:4, Lev 7:15; Deut 12:5-7, Deut 12:17, Deut 16:11


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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 29:30-31; Deut 21:15

shut up Gen 20:18, Gen 30:2


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adversary Lev 18:18; Job 6:14

provoked her Heb. angered her


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year 1Sam 2:19

when she or, from the time that she, Heb. from her going up


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why weepest 2Sam 12:16-17; 2Kgs 8:12; Job 6:14; John 20:13, John 20:15; 1Thess 5:14

am not Ruth 4:15; Ps 43:4; Isa 54:1, Isa 54:6


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1Sam 3:3, 1Sam 3:15; 2Sam 7:2; Ps 5:7, Ps 27:4, Ps 29:9


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in bitterness of soul Heb. bitter of soul, Ruth 1:20; 2Sam 17:8; Job 7:11, Job 9:18, Job 10:1; Isa 38:15, Isa 54:6; Lam 3:15

prayed Ps 50:15, Ps 91:15; Luke 22:44; Heb 5:7

wept sore Gen 50:10; Judg 21:2; 2Sam 13:36; 2Kgs 20:3; Jer 13:17, Jer 22:10


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vowed Gen 28:20; Num 21:2, Num 30:3-8; Judg 11:30; Eccl 5:4

look Gen 29:32; Exod 4:31; 2Sam 16:12; Ps 25:18

remember 1Sam 1:19; Gen 8:1, Gen 30:22; Ps 132:1-2

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.

there Num 6:5; Judg 13:5


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continued praying Heb. multiplied to pray, Luke 11:8-10, Luke 18:1; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2; 1Thess 5:17; Jas 5:16


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spake Gen 24:42-45; Neh 2:4; Ps 25:1; Rom 8:26

she had Zech 9:15; Acts 2:13; 1Cor 13:7


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How long Josh 22:12-20; Job 8:2; Ps 62:3; Prov 6:9; Matt 7:1-3

put away Job 11:14, Job 22:23; Prov 4:24; Eph 4:25, Eph 4:31


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my Lord Prov 15:1, Prov 25:15

of a sorrowful spirit Heb. hard of spirit

poured Ps 42:4, Ps 62:8, Ps 142:2-3, Ps 143:6; Lam 2:19


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a daughter 1Sam 2:12, 1Sam 10:27, 1Sam 25:25; Deut 13:13

out of Job 6:2-3, Job 10:1-2; Matt 12:34-35

complaint or, meditation


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Go 1Sam 25:35, 1Sam 29:7; Judg 18:6; 2Kgs 5:19; Mark 5:34; Luke 7:50, Luke 8:48

the God 1Chr 4:10; Ps 20:3-5


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Let thine Gen 32:5, Gen 33:8, Gen 33:15; Ruth 2:13

went her Eccl 9:7; John 16:24; Rom 15:13; Phil 4:6-7


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they rose 1Sam 9:26; Ps 5:3, Ps 55:17, Ps 119:147; Mark 1:35

knew Gen 4:1

and the Lord 1Sam 1:11; Gen 8:1, Gen 21:1, Gen 30:22; Ps 25:7, Ps 136:23; Luke 23:42


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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, Gen 30:6-21, Gen 41:51-52; Exod 2:10, Exod 2:22; Matt 1:21


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1Sam 1:3; Gen 18:19; Josh 24:15; Ps 101:2


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then Deut 16:16; Luke 2:22, Luke 2:41-42

and there 1Sam 1:11, 1Sam 1:28, 1Sam 2:11, 1Sam 2:18, 1Sam 3:1; Ps 23:6, Ps 27:4

for ever Exod 21:6; Lev 25:23; Josh 4:7; Ps 110:4; Isa 9:7


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Do what Num 30:7-11

the Lord 2Sam 7:25; Isa 44:26

son suck Gen 21:7-8; Ps 22:9; Matt 24:19; Luke 11:27


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am 2839, bc 1165, An, Ex, Is, 326

she took Num 15:9-10; Deut 12:5-6, Deut 12:11, Deut 16:16

three bullocks The LXX, Syriac, and Arabic, read "a bullock of three years old;" which is probably correct, as we read (1Sam 1:25) that they slew eth happar, "the bullock."

house 1Sam 4:3-4; Josh 18:1


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brought Luke 2:22, Luke 18:15-16


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as thy soul 1Sam 17:55, 1Sam 20:3; Gen 42:15; 2Sam 11:11, 2Sam 14:19; 2Kgs 2:2, 2Kgs 2:4, 2Kgs 2:6, 2Kgs 4:30


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For this 1Sam 1:11-13; Matt 7:7

and the Lord Ps 66:19, Ps 116:1-5, Ps 118:5; 1John 5:15


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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," (1Sam 2:27), and refers to the name of Samuel.

he shall be or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned

he worshipped Gen 24:26, Gen 24:48, Gen 24:52; 2Tim 3:15


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