The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The First Book of the Kings 1

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. 1Sa 1:19 Mt 27:57

Arimathea. mount. Re 16:1 Re 19:1

Elkanah. 1Ch 6:25-27 1Ch 6:34

Zuph. 1Sa 9:5

Ephrathite. 1Sa 17:12 Re 11:5 Ru 1:2 1Ki 11:26

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

two. Ge 4:19 Ge 4:23 Ge 29:23-29 Re 8:13 Mt 19:8

but. Ge 16:1 Ge 16:2 Ge 25:21 Ge 29:31 Re 12:2 Lu 1:7

yearly. Heb. from year to year. Ex 23:14 Ex 23:17 Ex 34:23 De 16:16 Lu 2:41

to worship. De 12:5-7 De 12:11-14

Shiloh. 1Sa 1:9 Jos 18:1 Re 18:13 Ps 78:60 Jer 7:12-14

And the. 1Sa 1:9 1Sa 2:12-17 1Sa 2:34 1Sa 3:13 1Sa 4:4 1Sa 4:11 1Sa 4:17 1Sa 4:18

offered. Le 3:4 Le 7:15 De 12:5-7 De 12:17 De 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 [prosopon] in Greek, which literally mean a face, are used for a person. Ge 43:34 Ge 45:22

he loved. Ge 29:30 Ge 29:31 De 21:15

shut up. Ge 20:18 Ge 30:2

adversary. Le 18:18 Job 6:14

provoked her. Heb. angered her.

year. 1Sa 2:19

when she. or, from the time that she. Heb. from her goingup.

why weepest. 2Sa 12:16 2Sa 12:17 2Ki 8:12 Job 6:14 Joh 20:13 Joh 20:15 1Th 5:14

am not. Ru 4:15 Ps 43:4 Isa 54:1 Isa 54:6

1Sa 3:3 1Sa 3:15 2Sa 7:2 Ps 5:7 Ps 27:4 Ps 29:9

in bitterness of soul. Heb. bitter of soul. Ru 1:20 2Sa 17:8 Job 7:11 Job 9:18 Job 10:1 Isa 38:15 Isa 54:6 La 3:15

prayed. Ps 50:15 Ps 91:15 Lu 22:44 Heb 5:7

wept sore. Ge 50:10 Re 20:2 2Sa 13:36 2Ki 20:3 Jer 13:17 Jer 22:10

vowed. Ge 28:20 Nu 21:2 Nu 30:3-8 Re 11:19 Ec 5:4

look. Ge 29:32 Ex 4:31 2Sa 16:12 Ps 25:18

remember. 1Sa 1:19 Ge 8:1 Ge 30:22 Ps 132:1 Ps 132:2

there. Nu 6:5 Re 12:5

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. Lu 11:8-10 Lu 18:1 Eph 6:18 Col 4:2 1Th 5:17 Jas 5:16

spake. Ge 24:42-45 Ne 2:4 Ps 25:1 Ro 8:26

she had. Zec 9:15 Ac 2:13 1Co 13:7

How long. Jos 22:12-20 Job 8:2 Ps 62:3 Pr 6:9 Mt 7:1-3

put away. Job 11:14 Job 22:23 Pr 4:24 Eph 4:25 Eph 4:31

No, my Lord. Pr 15:1 Pr 25:15

of a sorrowful spirit. Heb. hard of spirit. poured. Ps 42:4 Ps 62:8 Ps 142:2 Ps 142:3 Ps 143:6 La 2:19

a daughter. 1Sa 2:12 1Sa 10:27 1Sa 25:25 De 13:13

out of. Job 6:2 Job 6:3 Job 10:1 Job 10:2 Mt 12:34 Mt 12:35

complaint. or, meditation.

Go. 1Sa 25:35 1Sa 29:7 Re 17:6 2Ki 5:19 Mr 5:34 Lu 7:50 Lu 8:48

the God. 1Ch 4:10 Ps 20:3-5

Let thine. Ge 32:5 Ge 33:8 Ge 33:15 Ru 2:13

went her. Ec 9:7 Joh 16:24 Ro 15:13 Php 4:6 Php 4:7

they rose. 1Sa 9:26 Ps 5:3 Ps 55:17 Ps 119:147 Mr 1:35

knew. Ge 4:1

and the Lord. 1Sa 1:11 Ge 8:1 Ge 21:1 Ge 30:22 Ps 25:7 Ps 136:23 Lu 23:42

when the time was come about. Heb. in revolution of days.Samuel. that is, Asked of God. Because. Ge 4:25 Ge 5:29 Ge 16:11 Ge 29:32-35 Ge 30:6-21 Ge 41:51 Ge 41:52 Ex 2:10 Ex 2:22

Mt 1:21

1Sa 1:3 Ge 18:19 Jos 24:15 Ps 101:2

then. De 16:16 Lu 2:22 Lu 2:41 Lu 2:42

and there. 1Sa 1:11 1Sa 1:28 1Sa 2:11 1Sa 2:18 1Sa 3:1 Ps 23:6 Ps 27:4

for ever. Ex 21:6 Le 25:23 Jos 4:7 Ps 110:4 Isa 9:7

Do what. Nu 30:7-11

the Lord. 2Sa 7:25 Isa 44:26

son suck. Ge 21:7 Ge 21:8 Ps 22:9 Mt 24:19 Lu 11:27

A.M. 2839. B.C. 1165. An. Ex. Is. 326. she took. Nu 15:9 Nu 15:10 De 12:5 De 12:6 De 12:11 De 16:16

house. 1Sa 4:3 1Sa 4:4 Jos 18:1

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

brought. Lu 2:22 Lu 18:15 Lu 18:16

as thy soul. 1Sa 17:55 1Sa 20:3 Ge 42:15 2Sa 11:11 2Sa 14:19 2Ki 2:2 2Ki 2:4 2Ki 2:6 2Ki 4:30

For this. 1Sa 1:11-13 Mt 7:7

and the Lord. Ps 66:19 Ps 116:1-5 Ps 118:5 1Jo 5:15

he shall be. or, he whom I have obtained by petition shallbe returned. he worshipped. Ge 24:26 Ge 24:48 Ge 24:52 2Ti 3:15

lent him. or, returned him, whom I have obtained bypetition, to the Lord. The word {hishilteehoo}, "I have lent him," is the {Hiphil} conjugation of {shuäl,} "he asked," (ver. 27,) and refers to the name of Samuel.