1 Sam 1:1

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The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The First Book of the KINGS

1Sam 1:1 Elkanah, a Levite, having two wives, worships yearly at Shiloh.

1Sam 1:4 He cherishes Hannah, though barren, and provoked by Peninnah.

1Sam 1:9 Hannah in grief prays for a child.

1Sam 1:12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesses her.

1Sam 1:19 Hannah, having born Samuel, stays at home till he is weaned.

1Sam 1:24 She presents him, according to her vow, to the Lord.

Ramathaim-zophim.

This ancient town, now called Ramla, is, according to Phocas, about thirty-six miles west of Jerusalem, and, according to modern travellers, about nine miles from Joppa and a league from Lydda, between which it is situated.

It is built on a rising ground, on a rich plain, and contains about two thousand families.

1Sam 1:19; Matt 27:57

Arimathea. mount.

Judg 17:1; Judg 19:1

Elkanah.

1Chr 6:25-27; 1Chr 6:34

Zuph.

1Sam 9:5

Ephrathite.

1Sam 17:12; Judg 12:5; Ruth 1:2; 1Kgs 11:26