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. ver. 19; Mt 27:57;
Arimathea. mount. Jud 17:1; 19:1;
Elkanah. 1Ch 6:25-27,34;
Zuph. 9:5;
Ephrathite. 17:12; Jud 12:5; Ru 1:2; 1Ki 11:26;
two. Ge 4:19,23; 29:23-29; Jud 8:30; Mt 19:8;
but. Ge 16:1,2; 25:21; 29:31; Jud 13:2; Lu 1:7;
yearly. Heb. from year to year. Ex 23:14,17; 34:23; De 16:16; Lu 2:41;
Shiloh. ver. 9; Jos 18:1; Jud 18:31; Ps 78:60; Jer 7:12-14;
And the. ver. 9; 2:12-17,34; 3:13; 4:4,11,17,18;
offered. Le 3:4; 7:15; De 12:5-7,17; 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; 45:22;
he loved. Ge 29:30,31; De 21:15;
adversary. Le 18:18; Job 6:14;
provoked her. Heb. angered her.
year. 2:19;
when she. or, from the time that she. Heb. from her going up.
why weepest. 2Sa 12:16,17; 2Ki 8:12; Job 6:14; Joh 20:13,15; 1Th 5:14;
am not. Ru 4:15; Ps 43:4; Isa 54:1,6; 3:3,15; 2Sa 7:2; Ps 5:7; 27:4; 29:9;
in bitterness of soul. Heb. bitter of soul. Ru 1:20; 2Sa 17:8; Job 7:11; 9:18; 10:1; Isa 38:15; 54:6; La 3:15;
prayed. Ps 50:15; 91:15; Lu 22:44; Heb 5:7;
wept sore. Ge 50:10; Jud 21:2; 2Sa 13:36; 2Ki 20:3; Jer 13:17; 22:10;
vowed. Ge 28:20; Nu 21:2; 30:3-8; Jud 11:30; Ec 5:4;
look. Ge 29:32; Ex 4:31; 2Sa 16:12; Ps 25:18;
remember. ver. 19; Ge 8:1; 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.
continued praying. Heb. multiplied to pray. Lu 11:8-10; 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; 22:23; Pr 4:24; Eph 4:25,31;
of a sorrowful spirit. Heb. hard of spirit. poured. Ps 42:4; 62:8; 142:2,3; 143:6; La 2:19;
a daughter. 2:12; 10:27; 25:25; De 13:13;
out of. Job 6:2,3; 10:1,2; Mt 12:34,35;
Go. 25:35; 29:7; Jud 18:6; 2Ki 5:19; Mr 5:34; Lu 7:50; 8:48;
Let thine. Ge 32:5; 33:8,15; Ru 2:13;
went her. Ec 9:7; Joh 16:24; Ro 15:13; Php 4:6,7;
they rose. 9:26; Ps 5:3; 55:17; 119:147; Mr 1:35;
knew. Ge 4:1;
and the Lord. ver. 11; Ge 8:1; 21:1; 30:22; Ps 25:7; 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; 5:29; 16:11; 29:32-35; 30:6-21; 41:51,52; Ex 2:10,22; Mt 1:21 ver. 3; Ge 18:19; Jos 24:15; Ps 101:2;
then. De 16:16; Lu 2:22,41,42;
and there. ver. 11,28; 2:11,18; 3:1; Ps 23:6; 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 21:7,8; Ps 22:9; Mt 24:19; Lu 11:27;
A.M. 2839. B.C. 1165. An. Ex. Is. 326. she took. Nu 15:9,10; De 12:5,6,11; 16:16;
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."
as thy soul. 17:55; 20:3; Ge 42:15; 2Sa 11:11; 14:19; 2Ki 2:2,4,6; 4:30;
For this. ver. 11-13; Mt 7:7;
and the Lord. Ps 66:19; 116:1-5; 118:5; 1Jo 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 {shu�l,} "he asked," (ver. 27,) and refers to the name of Samuel.
he shall be. or, he whom I have obtained by petition shall be returned. he worshipped.
Ge 24:26,48,52; 2Ti 3:15;