17 Then Eli anſwered and ſaid, Goin peace q : and the God of Iſrael grant r thee thy petition that thou haſt asked of him.
7 Hannah Then ſaid Eikanah her husband to her, : oo mr a thou ? and why eateft thou not? _ * Ruth why is thy heart grieved ? am not I * better to thee
= 105 an ten ſons r ? | = Oughteſt thou not tovalue my hearty Love to yo; pear hon the having of as many Sons as Peninnah hath ? She would willingly
Conditions with thee- . T3 &% MWohnah roſe up after they / had eaten 1n
Shiloh, and after they had drunk : ( now Eli the prieſt ſat upon a leat * by LORD. )
ſ (5. e. ) Elkanah and his Company, except Hannah. Or, She: for.
ſhe eat nothing, yer upon her Husband's invitation - iubntae ſhe mike eat afterwards : though tie former may ſeem more p:obable. t Or, Throne ; for it is maniteſt - was _ ſed higher than ordinary, chap. 4+ 18+ here he mighr ſit, either as the Judge; or rather as High-prieſty to hear and anſwer ſuch orgy to him for Advicey and to inſpe& and dire& the worſhip of 4 as need Was. # i. e. Of the Tabernacle, which is called the Tempe here, and chap. 3+ 3- and 2 Sam. 22. 7+ Pſal. 27, 6. as one the contrary, the Temple is called the Tabernacle, Jer. 10. 20. Lam. 2. 6. m_ —_— this Tabernacle was bur a Tent, yet 1t was PR by Boards and Poſts, and eſpecially at the Entrance, by which El fate, even by the Entrance into the - 1 age otherwiſe he could not ſeen Hannah. See more on c/ap- 3_ 15. + Heb. bit= Te And ſhe was + in bitterneſs x of ſoul, and prayed
ORD, and wept fore. : ter of ſoul, oy I - yon w"Þ with A as that Phraſe is uſed, Job 7. 11,
and 10. 1. Ruth 15 20.
N umb. 11 And ſhe vowed a vow y, and ſaid, O LORD of 21.2+ hoſts, if thou wilt indeed look on = the attliftion @ of thine hand-maid, and remember me, and not forget thine hand-maid, bur wile give unto thine hand-maid + Heb. Þ a man-child, then I will give him unto the LORD ſeedofmen. þ all the days of his life c, and * there ſhall no raſor
* Numb. is head d.
G. F. ——_ her Husband wou'd willingly conſent toit, other-
Judg-13.5* i ſhe had not power to doit. z To wit, favourably, ſo as to re- moveit. # ( i. e. ) The Barrenneſs and Reproach which attends it. b (i. e.) Conſecrate him to God's Service in his Temple, as far as in me lies: for if he had any blemiſh, ſhe might notdo it- c Not on- ly from his 25th. to his 5oth. Year, as all the Levites, and ſo hehim- {elf, were obliged by God, Nwnb. 4; 2: and 8: 24. bur for his whole time. Which is ſti'l ro be underſtood with Aa reſervation of God's Right, which her Vew muſt give place to, as indeed it did ; for God vn pom to be a Prophet, and a General ofthe Army, and a Judge.
' d(3i.e.) Hefhallbe a perpetual Nazarite ; for under this one Rule, as the Chief, all the reſt are contained; as elſewhere the whole Moſaical Law 1s underſtood, under the Title of Circumciſion.
And it came to paſs, as ſhe F continued pray-
Br bg 2 before the LORD, that Eli marked her zo prays = mouth f-
e . multiplied to pray. By which it appears thatſhe ſaid much mars tet. And rhe like you are to judge of the Prayers and Sermons of other holy Perſons Recorded in Scriprure, which gives us only the Summ and ſubſtznce of rhem Conſideration may help us much in the underſtanding of ſome paſſages of the Bible. f ( 7. e, ) The motion of her lips, as it fol- Ts Now Hannah, ſhe ſpake in her heart, only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard g: therefore
. :- Eli + thought ſhe had been drunken 6. | hw her aq * Sewy . avoid the ſuſpicion of vain-glory ; partly, becauſe for drunken fhe would not have others acquainted with her Barrenneſs, which So Gr. was matter of reproach : and partly, becauſe ſhe would not diſturb others, who at this ſolemn Feaſt were probably imployed there in the ſame work- h Becauſe of the multitude of her words, and thoſe uncourh Geſtures and Motions of her Face and Body, which the vehemency of her Paſſion, and her fervency in Prayer, cauſed in her, as it doth frequently in others ; and becauſe ſhe was but new- Iy come from a Feaſt, wherein the manner was to eat and drink liberally, ( though not to exceſs) which he knew very well, both from the general Cuſtom of thax Seaſon, and from the time of rhe T And Eli ſaid unto or, Hop Ps wilt thou be ] ut away thy wine Irom thee z. —_— M ve hab © Lo in thy drunkenneſs, but go and ſleep it out, and repent ofthis :hy Sine
15 And Hannah anſwered and ſaid, No, my lord,
Heb. & + of a ſorrowtul ſpirit / ; I have |
hard of T am a woman ſpirits >
"
Which
q I recal my Cenſure, and give thee my Bleſſing, and wiſh thee Peace; (i.s.) Aquiet and compoſed Mind, free from whatſoever
| It is that grieves and oppreſſes thee ; and withaly good Succeti and
prolperity in what thou defireſt ; for Peace is a very comprehenſive word among the Hebrews. r Or, will grant : for it may be either 2
' Prayer, or a prediCFtion, which he might deliver, eicher from the
a poſt of the temple « ofthe |
conſideration of Gou's known goodneſs and readineſs to hear Pray ers: or he might be directed to ſay ſo by aſpecial inftin& of God's Spirit, which tomet mes was given to tie High-prieſts, evzn when they were wicked Men, as John 11, 51. and much more when they were holy Men, as Eli was. And ſome add, that he was a Pro. phet, ;
18 And ſhe ſaid, Let thine hand-maid find grace in thy ſighe/. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her || countenance wasno more ſad ?.
words, and eſpecially by Goc's Spirit ſetting them home vpon herg and afluring her thar both his and her prayers ſhcu!d be heard, it quickly appeared in her Cour:tenance. Heb. her indignation, or wexa. 2:0n ( as the word Face 1s ſor etimes underſtood, as Gen» 32. 206 Pſsl. 21. 9+ and 34. iG.) war 20 more; (i. e- ) it vaniſhed away,
19 T And they roſe up in the morning early «, and worſhipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their houſe to Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembred her x.
u Partly for their Journey, and partly for prayer, as it follows, for which this was a very fit and uſual time, Pſal. 5, 3+ IIY. 147» x {i e. ) Manifeſted his remembrance of her by the effe&.
bare a ſon x, and called his name || Samuel, cauſe 1 haveasked him of the LORD.