Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 2:21
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
21. grew before the Lord] Three stages of physical, moral ( 1Sa 2:26), and spiritual (1Sa 3:19-21) growth are marked.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See the marginal references. The words before the Lord have special reference to his residence at the tabernacle.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
1Sa 2:21
And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
Growth the best test
Where there is life there will be growth, and if grace be true, it will surely increase. A painted flower keepeth always at the same pitch and stature; the artist may bestow beauty upon it, but he cannot bestow life. A painted child will be as little ten years hence as it is now What need there is to observe the wide distinction between the picture and the living thing! Of painted likenesses of Christians we have more than enough; nor is the manufacture of portraits a difficult operation: what we want is the real thing and not the artistic imitation. Manton saith well that growth is the test. Many professors must be forever beginning again: they stick where they were, or thought they were. They were anxious about their souls, and are so still. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Visited, to wit, in mercy, and with his blessing, as that word is used, Gen 21:1; Exo 13:19; Jer 15:15; not in anger, as it is taken Exo 32:34; Lev 26:16.
Grew; not only in age and stature, but especially in wisdom and goodness, as Luk 1:15. Or, was magnified; or grew great, famous and acceptable, as 1Sa 2:26.
Before the Lord; not only before men, who might be deceived, but in the presence and judgment of the all-seeing God.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the Lord visited Hannah,…. In a way of mercy, approving and confirming the blessing of Eli; or rather granting the blessing he prayed for, by giving her power to conceive, bear, and bring forth children, as the following words explain it:
so that she conceived and bare three sons and two daughters; whereby the prophecy of Hannah was fulfilled, 1Sa 2:5, and was no doubt matter of great joy to her, though of these children we nowhere else read, nor even of their names. Josephus s says, Elkanah had other sons by Hannah, and three daughters; which agrees not with the text:
and the child Samuel grew before the Lord: in age and stature, in grace and goodness, and improved much in the worship and service of God, both in the theory and practice of it; or became great with him, high in his esteem and favour, and was blessed with much of his presence, and with large gifts of his grace.
s Antiqu. l. 5. c. 10. sect. 3.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Sa 2:21. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord See 1Sa 2:26 and Luk 2:52. As he increased in stature, he increased in wisdom; as parents may be assured will always be the case with those children whom they dedicate early to the Lord, and into whose young minds they carefully instill the divine precepts of religion and truth.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
1Sa 2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
Ver. 21. And the Lord visited Hannah. ] In answer to Eli’s prayers for her. The like answer was returned to Dr Sandys’s prayer for his hostess, of whom taking his leave, when he departed the land for fear of Queen Mary, he said, Be of good comfort, ere that one whole year be past, God shall give you a child, a boy. And it came to pass that day twelve months, lacking one day, God gave her a fair son. a
And bare three sons and two daughters.
a Act. and Mon., 1894.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
visited: 1Sa 1:19, 1Sa 1:20, Gen 21:1, Luk 1:68
grew: 1Sa 2:26, 1Sa 3:19, Jdg 13:24, Luk 1:80, Luk 2:40, Luk 2:52
Reciprocal: Gen 29:31 – he opened Gen 48:9 – my sons Rth 1:6 – visited 1Sa 2:20 – General Psa 107:41 – maketh Psa 127:3 – children Ecc 6:3 – a man Luk 1:13 – thy prayer Luk 1:25 – hath