In this chapter we have, I. Hannah’s song of thanksgiving to God for his favour to her in giving her Samuel, 1 Sam. 2:1–10. II. Their return to their family, with Eli’s blessing, 1 Sam. 2:11 1 Sam. 2:20. The increase of their family, 1 Sam. 2:21. Samuel’s growth and improvement (1 Sam. 2:11 1 Sam.

We have here Hannah’s thanksgiving, dictated, not only by the spirit of prayer, but by the spirit of prophecy. Her petition for the mercy she desired we had before , and here we have her return of praise; in both out of the abundance of a heart deeply affected (in the former with her own wants, and…

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 paragraph, as if the historian intended to set the one over against the other, that they might set…

Eli reproved his sons too gently, and did not threaten them as he should, and therefore God sent a prophet to him to reprove him sharply, and to threaten him, because, by his indulgence of them, he had strengthened their hands in their wickedness.