Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about, after Hannah had conceived,.... Or, "at the revolutions of days" (b); at the end of a year, of a complete year, as Ben Melech, from their…
Barnes' Notes
Samuel - i. e. heard of God, because given in answer to prayer. The names “Ishmael” and “Elishama” have the same etymology.
Adam Clarke
Called his name Samuel - As she gave this name to her son because she had asked him of the Lord, the word שמואל Shemuel must be here considerably contracted; if it express this sentiment, the…
Here is, I. The return of Elkanah and his family to their own habitation, when the days appointed for the feast were over, Sa1 1:19. Observe how they improved their time at the tabernacle. Every day…
Cambridge Bible
Wherefore Simply And.
to Ramah See note on Ramathaim-Zophim in 1Sa 1:1.
Samuel This name, in Hebrew Shemuel, is familiar to us only in its Latin dress. It was borne by two other persons in the O. T.…
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