And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat. And year after yearThis phrase emphasizes the persistent and ongoing nature of Hannah's trials. The Hebrew root here, "shanah," signifies a cycle or repetition, underscoring the relentless nature of her suffering. Historically, this reflects the annual pilgrimage to Shiloh, where the tabernacle was located, a practice rooted in the Israelites' covenant relationship with God. It highlights Hannah's faithfulness despite her personal anguish. she went up
The act of going up to the house of the LORD signifies a physical and spiritual ascent. The Hebrew verb "alah" conveys movement towards something higher, both geographically and spiritually. This pilgrimage to Shiloh was not just a journey but an act of worship and obedience, reflecting Hannah's devotion and hope in God's presence. to the house of the LORD
This refers to the tabernacle at Shiloh, the central place of worship before the construction of the temple in Jerusalem. The "house of the LORD" was where the Ark of the Covenant resided, symbolizing God's presence among His people. For Hannah, this was a place of refuge and supplication, where she sought divine intervention for her barrenness. And as she went up
The repetition of her journey underscores her resilience and determination. Despite the emotional pain she endured, Hannah continued to fulfill her religious duties. This phrase highlights her unwavering faith and the hope that each visit might bring a change in her circumstances. her rival taunted her
The word "rival" refers to Peninnah, Elkanah's other wife, who had children. The Hebrew term "tsarah" implies an adversary or one who causes distress. Peninnah's taunting was a source of deep emotional pain for Hannah, exacerbating her sense of inadequacy and sorrow. This reflects the cultural importance of childbearing in ancient Israel, where a woman's worth was often measured by her ability to bear children. until she wept
Hannah's weeping is a profound expression of her grief and despair. The Hebrew verb "bakah" conveys intense crying, indicative of her deep emotional turmoil. This weeping was not just a response to Peninnah's taunts but also a manifestation of her longing for a child and her sense of helplessness. and would not eat
This phrase indicates the depth of Hannah's distress, affecting her physical well-being. In the context of a sacrificial meal, her refusal to eat signifies her inability to partake in the communal joy and celebration. It reflects a state of fasting, often associated with mourning and supplication in the Hebrew tradition, as she poured out her heart to God in silent prayer and lamentation. Persons / Places / Events 1. HannahA devout woman who was deeply distressed by her inability to bear children. Her faith and perseverance are central to this account. 2. PeninnahHannah's rival, who provoked her due to her own fertility, causing Hannah great emotional pain. 3. ElkanahThe husband of both Hannah and Peninnah, who loved Hannah despite her barrenness. 4. The House of the LORDRefers to the tabernacle at Shiloh, where the Israelites went to worship and offer sacrifices. 5. ShilohThe religious center of Israel during this period, where the tabernacle was located. Teaching Points Perseverance in FaithHannah's continual visits to the house of the LORD despite her distress teach us the importance of steadfastness in our spiritual practices. Handling ProvocationPeninnah's taunting of Hannah serves as a reminder of how we should respond to provocation with grace and prayer, rather than retaliation. The Power of PrayerHannah's account emphasizes the importance of bringing our deepest desires and pains before God, trusting in His timing and will. God's SovereigntyThe account reminds us that God is in control of all aspects of life, including the opening and closing of the womb, and we must trust His plans. Community and SupportElkanah's love and support for Hannah, despite her barrenness, highlight the importance of supporting one another in times of distress. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Hannah's response to Peninnah's provocation challenge us to handle difficult relationships in our own lives? 2. In what ways can we demonstrate perseverance in our faith when faced with ongoing trials or unanswered prayers? 3. How does the account of Hannah encourage us to approach God with our deepest desires and struggles? 4. What can we learn from Elkanah's role in this account about supporting loved ones who are experiencing distress? 5. How do the themes of this passage connect with other biblical accounts of barrenness and divine intervention, and what do they teach us about God's character? Connections to Other Scriptures Genesis 30The account of Rachel and Leah, which parallels Hannah and Peninnah's situation, highlighting themes of rivalry and divine intervention in matters of fertility. Philippians 4:6-7Encourages believers to present their requests to God with thanksgiving, similar to how Hannah prayed earnestly for a child. James 1:2-4Discusses the testing of faith and perseverance, which can be related to Hannah's enduring faith despite her trials. People Eli, Elihu, Elkanah, Ephah, Hannah, Hophni, Jeroham, Peninnah, Phinehas, Samuel, Tohu, ZuphPlaces Ramah, Ramathaim-zophim, ShilohTopics Attacking, Eat, Hannah, Herself, Kept, Often, Provoke, Provoked, Provoketh, Rival, Thus, Till, Vexed, Weepeth, Weeping, Wept, WheneverDictionary of Bible Themes 1 Samuel 1:7 5297 disease
5561 suffering, nature of
8430 fasting, nature of
8431 fasting, reasons 1 Samuel 1:1-8 5717 monogamy 1 Samuel 1:1-20 5225 barrenness
5733 pregnancy 1 Samuel 1:2-7 1651 numbers, 1-2 1 Samuel 1:3-8 4476 meals
5702 husband 1 Samuel 1:4-7 5732 polygamy 1 Samuel 1:4-8 5567 suffering, emotional 1 Samuel 1:6-7 5824 cruelty, examples
5937 rivalry 1 Samuel 1:6-16 5559 stress 1 Samuel 1:7-8 5844 emotions Library Of Self-Annihilation
Of Self-Annihilation Supplication and sacrifice are comprehended in prayer, which, according to S. John, is "an incense, the smoke whereof ascendeth unto God;" therefore it is said in the Apocalypse that "unto the Angel was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all Saints'' (Chap. viii. 3). Prayer is the effusion of the heart in the Presence of God: "I have poured out my soul before God" saith the mother of Samuel. (1 Sam. i. 15) The prayer of the wise men at the feet of …
Madame Guyon—A Short and Easy Method of PrayerPrayer and Sacrifice Explained by the Similitude of a Perfume --Our Annihilation in this Sacrifice --Solidity and Fruitfulness of this Prayer as Set Forth in The
Prayer ought to be both petition and sacrifice. Prayer, according to the testimony of St John, is an incense, whose perfume rises to God. Therefore it is said in the Revelation (chap. viii. 3), that an angel held a censer, which contained the incense of the prayers of saints. Prayer is an outpouring of the heart in the presence of God. "I have poured out my soul before the Lord," said the mother of Samuel (1 Sam. i. 15). Thus the prayers of the Magi at the feet of the infant Jesus in the stable of …
Jeanne Marie Bouvières—A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents Home Dedication.
"The rose was rich in bloom on Sharon's plain, When a young mother with her first born thence Went up to Zion, for the boy was vowed Unto the Temple-service; by the hand She led him, and her silent soul, the while, Oft as the dewy laughter of his eye Met her sweet serious glance, rejoiced to think That aught so pure, so beautiful, was hers, To bring before her God!" Beautiful thought, and thrice beautiful deed,--fresh from the pure fount of maternal piety! The Hebrew mother consecrating her first-born …
Samuel Philips—The Christian Home John Newton 1Sam 1:10,18
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John Newton—Olney Hymns Hwochow Women's Bible Training School
COURSE OF STUDY FIRST TERM Book of Genesis. Gospel according to St. Luke or St. Mark. Acts of the Apostles, chapters i. to ix. "A Synopsis of the Central Themes of the Holy Bible." Reading Lessons, with necessary Explanation and Writing of Chinese Character. Arithmetic. Singing and Memorisation of Hymns. SECOND TERM Book of Exodus, Numbers, and 1 Samuel i. to xvi. The Gospel according to St. John. The Epistle of St James. "A Synopsis of the Central Themes of the Holy Bible"--(continued). Reading …
A. Mildred Cable—The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Love of the Holy Spirit in Us.
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not."--Matt. xxvii. 37. The Scripture teaches not only that the Holy Spirit dwells in us, and with Him Love, but also that He sheds abroad that Love in our hearts. This shedding abroad does not refer to the coming of the Holy Spirit's Person, for a person can not be shed abroad. He comes, takes possession, and dwells in us; but that which is shed abroad …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit The Prophet Jonah.
It has been asserted without any sufficient reason, that Jonah is older than Hosea, Joel, Amos, and Obadiah,--that he is the oldest among the prophets whose written monuments have been preserved to us. The passage in 2 Kings xiv. 25, where it is said, that Jonah, the son of Amittai the prophet, prophesied to Jeroboam the happy success of his arms, and the restoration of the ancient boundaries of Israel, and that this prophecy was confirmed by the event, cannot decide in favour of this assertion, …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament And V the Kingdom Undivided and the Kingdom Divided
THE HISTORICAL BOOKS: I and II Samuel. I and II Kings. I and II Chronicles. NOTE.--As these three pairs of books are so closely related in their historical contents, it is deemed best to study them together, though they overlap the two divisions of IV and V. I. CHARTS Chart A. General Contents +--+ " I AND II SAMUEL " +-------------+-----+------+ "Samuel "Saul "David " +-------------+-----+------+----------+ " " " " I AND II KINGS "NOTE.--Biblical …
Frank Nelson Palmer—A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible Divers Matters.
I. Beth-cerem, Nehemiah 3:14. "The stones, as well of the altar, as of the ascent to the altar, were from the valley of Beth-cerem, which they digged out beneath the barren land. And thence they are wont to bring whole stones, upon which the working iron came not." The fathers of the traditions, treating concerning the blood of women's terms, reckon up five colours of it; among which that, "which is like the water of the earth, out of the valley of Beth-cerem."--Where the Gloss writes thus, "Beth-cerem …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Ramah. Ramathaim Zophim. Gibeah.
There was a certain Ramah, in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25, and that within sight of Jerusalem, as it seems, Judges 19:13; where it is named with Gibeah:--and elsewhere, Hosea 5:8; which towns were not much distant. See 1 Samuel 22:6; "Saul sat in Gibeah, under a grove in Ramah." Here the Gemarists trifle: "Whence is it (say they) that Ramah is placed near Gibea? To hint to you, that the speech of Samuel of Ramah was the cause, why Saul remained two years and a half in Gibeah." They blindly …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The King --Continued.
The years thus well begun are, in the historical books, characterized mainly by three events, namely, the bringing up of the ark to the newly won city of David, Nathan's prophecy of the perpetual dominion of his house, and his victories over the surrounding nations. These three hinges of the narrative are all abundantly illustrated in the psalms. As to the first, we have relics of the joyful ceremonial connected with it in two psalms, the fifteenth and twenty-fourth, which are singularly alike not …
Alexander Maclaren—The Life of David Nature of Covenanting.
A covenant is a mutual voluntary compact between two parties on given terms or conditions. It may be made between superiors and inferiors, or between equals. The sentiment that a covenant can be made only between parties respectively independent of one another is inconsistent with the testimony of Scripture. Parties to covenants in a great variety of relative circumstances, are there introduced. There, covenant relations among men are represented as obtaining not merely between nation and nation, …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting I Will Pray with the Spirit and with the Understanding Also-
OR, A DISCOURSE TOUCHING PRAYER; WHEREIN IS BRIEFLY DISCOVERED, 1. WHAT PRAYER IS. 2. WHAT IT IS TO PRAY WITH THE SPIRIT. 3. WHAT IT IS TO PRAY WITH THE SPIRIT AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING ALSO. WRITTEN IN PRISON, 1662. PUBLISHED, 1663. "For we know not what we should pray for as we ought:--the Spirit--helpeth our infirmities" (Rom 8:26). ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. There is no subject of more solemn importance to human happiness than prayer. It is the only medium of intercourse with heaven. "It is …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Samuel
Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, …
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