CH AP i Elkariah goeth yearly up to the feaft at Shiloh with his two wives: Hannah « barren ; Peninnah upbraideth her, 1, ==6. Hannah prayeth fervently fo the Lord for a ſen : promiſing to ſeparate him a Nazarite unto God, T,— 12+ Ely thinking her drunk rebuketh her ; upon her anſwer, ble- ſeth her, 13, —-18 She returneth home with Elkanah, and conceiveth; beareth Samuel : offereth her ſacrifice « performs her promiſe concerning him, 19y == 21» JOw there was acertain man of Ramathaim Zo- phim 4, of mount Ephraim, and his name was * Elkanah, the ſon of Jeroham, the ſon of Etihu, the ſon of Tohu, the ſon of Zuph, an Ephrathite 5: a Called Ram#h, v. 19. and here is the Dual Number Ramathaim; 1- e. double Ramah, probatly becauſe it conſiſted of two parts, where of the one might be called the Old City, the other che New, bort: ' being united into ene ; and the additional Title of Zophim, wich ſignifies Warch-Towers, or Watch-Men, may norte either the height of its ſicuation, which made it fit for that uſe ; or. that the Prophets, who are called Watch-men, as Ezeke 3, 17. had a School or Colledge there. b i.e. One of Bethlehem-Judah, Ruth, 1- 2 to wir, by his Birth and Habiration, though by his Or:ginal a Levites Thus divers Jews by Nation are called Medes, Elami es, Cretians, &c. Affs 2 9, 10, 11. becauſe they were born and bred there.
2 And he hadtwo-wives c, the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no chiidren.
c As divers other good Men had-in thoſe Ages: And it is pro- bable that he took a ſecond Wife, to wit, Pen:nnah, becauſe Hannah, who being firſt named ſeems to have been his firſtWife, was barrren.
3 And this man went up out of his city * t yearly d, to worſhip, and to ſacrifice e unto the LORD of hoſts in Shiloh f, and the two ſons of Eli, Hophni, and Phi- nehas, the prieſts of the LORD, were there g.
d To wit, at one of the ſolemn Feaſts which probably was the Paſſover, when he not only went up hunſelf, but carried his Wife and Children with him. Compare v. 7. Or, at the appointed days or times ; Heb. from days 80 days ; or from time to time; i. e, at the three
Generation, without their Approbation, who had ſo great a Power and
ſolemn Feaſts, when he, together with all other Males were oblig. ed to go ro worſhip Gnd in the place appointed ; and at other r1mes, When he was a Levite, was to go thither in his courſe. e Not in his own perſon, which the Levites could not do bur by the Prieſts; in which ſenſe David, and Solomon, and Abſalom are ſaid to offer ſas crifices, 2 Same 5: 8; 1 King. 8: 63. I. Chron. 21: 26. f Where the [ abzrnacle had long been, and now was. See Jef. 18. 1. Fudg. 18. 31: aNd 21: 19. g Or, were the priefts of the Lord there, to wir, undet their Father EZ, who is generally conceived to have been the High prieſt, but being very old and infirm, 1 Sam. 4+ 15- and unfit for 'ervice, his Sons miniſtred in his ſtead, being as it were ſecond Prieſts. See 2 King. 25. 18. And this Clauie ſeems to be added, to 'hew that this good Man did not run into that vulgar Error, of ne- l-ting his Dary of cffering ro God for the wickedneſs of the Pizeſts + Of which ſee Chap. 2. 17, 24+
4 T And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her fons and daughters, portions þ.
h To wit, our of the Sacrifice of his peace-offerings, the greateſt part wher-of fell ro the Offerer. and was eaten by him, and his Fr-ends or Gueſts. before the Lord, Levit. 3 and 9. Dent. 12. 12. and 16: 11 and out of this he gave them all parts or portions, as che Malter of tae Feaſt uſed to do ro Gueits.
5 But unto Hannah he gave || a worthy portion 7 : || Or, . ( for he loved Hannah &, but the LORD had ſhut up s 4uble her womb. JT | # Or, an howurable or ſele& part. ſuch as the Maſter of the Feaft Uſually gave to rke perſon moſt reſpe&?d or beloved» See Gene 43.
34. I Sam. 9.23, 24, k With alingulac ani eminent Love. Com- pare Gen. 29s Zo.
6 And her adverfary 1 alſo + p:ovoked her ſore, for f Heb: | to make her fret m, becauſ2 the LORD had ſhut up 9n27e4 ber her womb. )
{ Or, her Troubler, or Vexer, er Enemy ; for ſo her Envy or Jealouſie made her, though ſo nearly related. Compare Gen. 29: 39. Levis. .18: 18+ # Agaipſt her Husband, or againſt Ged, or within her
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drunk neither wine nor ſtrong drink #1, but have pour- ed out my foul » before the LORD.
punithed it with death. Therefore judge me not ſo ſeverely. 1 And therefore not I:kely to giveup my ſelf ro Drink and Jollity, and far from that merry Temper which Drunkards have: I am drunk with Affliction, not with wine, as is faid Ja. 51. 21, 9 Towit this day : Sze above, v. 7. 8. » Have been breathing forth the Criefs, and perplcxities, and deſires of my Soul, The like phraſe is Job 30: 16: Pſal. 62:8: and 142: 2+ ,
16 Count not thine hand-maid for a daughter of Belial 0; for out of the abundance of my | and grief, have I ſpoken hitherto p
s For ſuch a wicked Monſter, as a drunken Woman is. pþ The oppreſſion of my ſpirits hath forced me to ſpeak, and that ſo liberal. ly at this times for the eaſe of my finking Heart-