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1 Samuel 2:11

1 Samuel 2:11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial,.... Not that Eli their father was Belial, a wicked man; but though they had so good a father, they were very wicked men, unprofitable abandoned wretches, that…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The word “minister” is used in three senses in Scripture: (1) of the service or ministration of both priests and Levites rendered unto the Lord Exo 28:35, Exo 28:43 : (2) of the ministrations of the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And Elkanah went to Ramah - Immediately after the 10th verse, the Septuagint add, Και κατελιπεν αυτον εκει ενωπιον Κυριου· και απηλθεν εις Αραματαια, And she left him there before the Lord, and went…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 2:11-26

In these verses we have the good character and posture of Elkanah's family, and the bad character and posture of Eli's family. The account of these two is observably interwoven throughout this whole…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1 Samuel 2:1-11

1Sa 2:1-11. The Song of Hannah

Hannah's song is a true prophecy. She is inspired "to discern in her own individual experience the universal laws of the divine economy, and to recognise its…

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