1 Samuël 1:2-12

2 En hij had twee vrouwen; de naam van de ene was Hanna, en de naam van de andere was Peninna. Peninna nu had kinderen, maar Hanna had geen kinderen.

3 Deze man nu ging opwaarts uit zijn stad van jaar tot jaar om te aanbidden, en om te offeren den HEERE der heirscharen te Silo; en aldaar waren priesters des HEEREN, Hofni, en Pinehas, de twee zonen van Eli.

4 En het geschiedde op dien dag, als Elkana offerde, zo gaf hij aan Peninna, zijn huisvrouw, en aan al haar zonen en haar dochteren, delen.

5 Maar aan Hanna gaf hij een aanzienlijk deel, want hij had Hanna lief; doch de HEERE had haar baarmoeder toegesloten.

6 En haar tegenpartijdige tergde haar ook met terging, om haar te vergrimmen, omdat de HEERE haar baarmoeder toegesloten had.

7 En alzo deed hij jaar op jaar; van dat zij opging tot het huis des HEEREN, zo tergde zij haar alzo; daarom weende zij en at niet.

8 Toen zeide Elkana, haar man: Hanna, waarom weent gij, en waarom eet gij niet, en waarom is uw hart kwalijk gesteld? Ben ik u niet beter dan tien zonen?

9 Toen stond Hanna op, nadat hij gegeten, en nadat hij gedronken had te Silo. En Eli, de priester, zat op een stoel bij een post van den tempel des HEEREN.

10 Zij dan viel bitterlijk bedroefd zijnde, zo bad zij tot den HEERE, en zij weende zeer.

11 En zij beloofde een gelofte, en zeide: HEERE der heirscharen, zo Gij eenmaal de ellende Uwer dienstmaagd aanziet, en mijner gedenkt, en Uw dienstmaagd niet vergeet, maar geeft aan Uw dienstmaagd een mannelijk zaad, zo zal ik dat den HEERE geven al de dagen zijns levens, en er zal geen scheermes op zijn hoofd komen.

12 Het geschiedde nu, als zij evenzeer bleef biddende voor het aangezicht des HEEREN, zo gaf Eli acht op haar mond.

1 Samuël 1:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL

\\OTHERWISE CALLED\\ \\THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS\\

This book, in the Hebrew copies, is commonly called Samuel, or the Book of Samuel; in the Syriac version, the Book of Samuel the Prophet; and in the Arabic version, the Book of Samuel the Prophet, which is the First Book of the Kings; and the Septuagint version, the Book of the Kingdom: it has the name of Samuel, because it contains an history of his life and times; and the Jews say {a} it was written by him; and as it may well enough be thought to be, to the end of the twenty fourth chapter; and the rest might be written by Nathan and Gad, as may he gathered from 1Ch 29:29 as also the following book that bears his name; and both may be called the Books of Kings, because they give an account of the rise of the kings in Israel, and of the two first of them; though some think they were written by Jeremiah, as Abarbinel; and others ascribe them to Ezra: however, there is no doubt to be made of it that this book was written by divine inspiration, when we consider the series of its history, its connection and harmony with other parts of Scripture; the several things borrowed from it, or alluded to in the book of Psalms, particularly what is observed in Ps 113:7,8, seems to be taken out of 1Sa 2:8, and the sanction which the Lord gives to it, by referring to a fact in it, whereby he stopped the mouths of the Scribes and Pharisees cavilling at his disciples, Mt 12:3,4, compared with 1Sa 21:3-6, yea, even, as Huetius {b} observes, some Heathen writers have by their testimonies confirmed some passages in these books, which they seem to have been acquainted with, as Nicolaus of Damascus {c}, and Eupolemus {d}; it contains an history of the government of Eli, and of the birth of Samuel, and his education under him; of the succession of Samuel in it, and the resignation of it to Saul, when he was chosen king; of his administration of his office, and of things done in the time of it, both before and after his rejection, and of the persecution of David by Saul, and is concluded with his death.

{a} T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 14. 2. {b} Demonstrat. Evangel. Prop. 4. p. 199. {c} Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 7. c. 5. sect. 2. {d} Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 30.

\\INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 1\\

This chapter gives an account of the parents of Samuel, of the trouble his mother met with from her rival, and comfort from her husband, 1Sa 1:1-8, of her prayer to God for a son, and of her vow to him, should one be given her, 1Sa 1:9-11 of the notice Eli took of her, and of his censure on her, which he afterwards retracted, and comforted her, 1Sa 1:12-18 of her conception and the birth of her son, the nursing and weaning of him, 1Sa 1:19-23 and of the presentation of him to the Lord, with a sacrifice, 1Sa 1:24-28.