Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 1:14
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
Come not before the Lord in thy drunkenness, but go and sleep it out, and repent of this thy sin.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Eli said unto her, how long wilt thou be drunken?…. What, every day drunk? what, continually in this wicked practice? when will it be stopped? for Eli might have observed on other days, and at other times, odd looks, and a strange behaviour in her, which he took for the effects of drinking too much wine: or how long will this drunken fit last? she had been a considerable time as he thought in it, and it was not gone off yet: the Targum is,
“how long wilt thou behave like a fool, or a mad woman?”
as drunken people generally do act, as if they were fools, or mad:
put away thy wine from thee; not as if she had any with her there to drink of, but he advises her, since it had such an effect upon her, to abstain from it, and wholly disuse it, and so break off such an habit and custom she had got into; or he would have her go home and sleep it out, and wait till she had digested it, and the strength of it was gone off, before she came to such a place of devotion and worship; from hence the Jews say w it may be learnt, that a drunken person ought not to pray.
w T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 31. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) And Eli said unto her.The LXX. or Septuagint attempts to soften the harshness of the high priest to Hannah by inserting before Eli the word servant, or young man, thus suggesting that the hard, unjust words were spoken by an attendant. But it is clear that the English Version represents the true text here, for in the next verse Hannah replies directly to Eli with the simple words No, my lord.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(14) And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
It, is worthy the Reader’s remark, that when the Holy Ghost was poured out with such a fulness of power, on the minds of the apostles, at the day of Pentecost; the lookers on, had the same thought as Eli, here had, that the apostles were full of new wine. Oh! for such an effusion of the blessed Spirit upon my soul, that my whole frame might feel this precious warmth, as one beyond himself. Act 2:13 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
Ver. 14. How long wilt thou be drunken? ] Eli sat there for the purpose to see good order observed: and seeing Hannah’s strange and uncouth gestures, knowing also that she was newly risen from a feast, he suspected that all was not well.
Put away thy wine from thee.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
How long . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
How long: Jos 22:12-20, Job 8:2, Psa 62:3, Pro 6:9, Mat 7:1-3
put away: Job 11:14, Job 22:23, Pro 4:24, Eph 4:25, Eph 4:31
Reciprocal: Act 2:13 – These Eph 4:22 – ye