Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 2:21

21 Yēhéhuá juàngù hā ná , tā jiù huáiyùn shēng le sān gè érzi , liǎng gè nǚér . nà háizi Sǎmǔĕr zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián jiànjiàn zhǎngdà .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 2:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 2:21

And the Lord visited Hannah
In a way of mercy, approving and confirming the blessing of Eli; or rather granting the blessing he prayed for, by giving her power to conceive, bear, and bring forth children, as the following words explain it:

so that she conceived and bare three sons and two daughters;
whereby the prophecy of Hannah was fulfilled, ( 1 Samuel 2:5 ) , and was no doubt matter of great joy to her, though of these children we nowhere else read, nor even of their names. Josephus ^F19 says, Elkanah had other sons by Hannah, and three daughters; which agrees not with the text:

and the child Samuel grew before the Lord:
in age and stature, in grace and goodness, and improved much in the worship and service of God, both in the theory and practice of it; or became great with him, high in his esteem and favour, and was blessed with much of his presence, and with large gifts of his grace.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 10. sect. 3.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 2:21 In-Context

19 Tā mǔqin mĕi nián wèi tā zuò yī jiàn xiǎo waì paó , tóng zhe zhàngfu shàng lái xiàn nián jì de shíhou daì lái gĕi tā .

20 Yǐlì wèi Yǐlìjiāná hé tāde qī zhùfú , shuō , yuàn Yēhéhuá yóu zhè fùrén zaì cì nǐ hòuyì , daìtì nǐ cóng Yēhéhuá qiú lái de háizi . tāmen jiù huí bĕn xiāng qù le .

21 Yēhéhuá juàngù hā ná , tā jiù huáiyùn shēng le sān gè érzi , liǎng gè nǚér . nà háizi Sǎmǔĕr zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián jiànjiàn zhǎngdà .

22 Yǐlì nián shén lǎomaì , tīngjian tā liǎng gè érzi dāi Yǐsèliè zhòngrén de shì , yòu tīngjian tāmen yǔ huì mù mén qián cìhou de fùrén gǒuhé ,

23 Tā jiù duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen wèihé xíng zhèyàng de shì ne . wǒ cóng zhè zhòng bǎixìng tīngjian nǐmen de è xíng .