--- title: "Bullinger" description: "mount = hill country of. Elkanah = Acquired by God, i.e. perhaps in exchange for firstborn (Numbers 3:13 , Numbers 3:45 ), a son of Korah. See Exodus 6" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/1-samuel/1" --- **mount** = hill country of. **Elkanah** = Acquired by God, i.e. perhaps in exchange **for firstborn** ([Numbers 3:13](../../../kjv/numbers/3/13) , [Numbers 3:45](../../../kjv/numbers/3/45) ), a son of Korah. See [Exodus 6:24](../../../kjv/exodus/6/24) . **Hannah** = Grace. **Peninnah** = Pearl. Note the Figure of speech *Antimetabole.* App-6 . **children** = offspring. Hebrew. *yalad.* **yearly** . Hebrew "from days to days". Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part), App-6 , to emphasise the regularity. **the LORD of hosts** = Jehovah Sabaioth, one of the Jehovah-titles. The first of 281 occurrences. Denotes the God of Israel as the Lord of all the hosts of heaven and earth. See App-4 . This title specially characterises this book. **Shiloh.** Where the Tabernacle and Ark were. [Joshua 18:1](../../../kjv/joshua/18/1) ; [Joshua 19:51](../../../kjv/joshua/19/51) ; [Joshua 22:9](../../../kjv/joshua/22/9) . [Judges 18:31](../../../kjv/judges/18/31) . **the LORD** . Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 . **time = day** . Punctuality thus emphasised. **worthy** = double. **why . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . Compare [John 20:13](../../../kjv/john/20/13) , [John 20:15](../../../kjv/john/20/15) . . . . than ten sons. Probably *a Parcemia* ( App-6 ). It is so to-day among the Arabs: such a woman being called *moonejeba =* ennobled. **a seat** = the seat. First occurrence. Compare [Zechariah 6:13](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/13) . **a post** = door post, or side post. **the temple** = palace. Hebrew. *heykal.* Seven mentioned in Scripture: (1) The Tabernacle, [1 Samuel 1:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/9) ; (2) Solomon's, [1 Kings 6:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/6/5) , [1 Kings 6:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/6/17) ; (3) Zerubbabel's, [Ezra 4:1](../../../kjv/ezra/4/1) , [Ezra 4:2](../../../kjv/ezra/4/2) ; (4) Herod's, [John 2:20](../../../kjv/john/2/20) ; (5) The future one of [2 Thessalonians 2:4](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/4) ; (6) The millennial temple of [Ezekiel 41:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/1) ; and (7) the heavenly temple of [Revelation 21:3](../../../kjv/revelation/21/3) , [Revelation 21:22](../../../kjv/revelation/21/22) . Also seven references to believers as a temple in N.T.: [1 Corinthians 3:9-17](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/3/9-17) ; [1 Corinthians 6:19](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/6/19) . [2 Corinthians 6:16](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/6/16) . [Ephesians 2:20](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/20) , [Ephesians 2:21](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/21) . Heb 3:6 . [1 Peter 2:5](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/5) ; [1 Peter 4:17](../../../kjv/1-peter/4/17) . **soul** . Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **vowed a vow** = made a solemn vow. Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* App-6 . See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) . **remember me** , and not forget. Figure of speech *Pleonasm* ( App-6 ) for great emphasis. **no razor** . See [Numbers 6:5](../../../kjv/numbers/6/5) .[Judges 13:5](../../../kjv/judges/13/5) ; [Judges 16:17](../../../kjv/judges/16/17) . **How long . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* *App-9* *.* **God** . Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 . **Ramah** . Hence this was Samuel's residence. remembered. Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* *App-6* *.* **bare a son** . Thus Samuel was a descendant of Korah. See [Exodus 6:24](../../../kjv/exodus/6/24) . **Samuel** . See note on Title, in the book comments for Samuel. **man** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . **offer** = sacrifice. App-43 . **child** = young child. **for ever** . Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Whole), App-6 . The whole put for a portion; i.e. as long as he lives. Put literally in [1 Samuel 1:28](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/28) . **weaned** . From 2 Macc. 7.27 it has been inferred that the time of weaning included the periods of nourishment and up-bringing, which would bring Samuel to the age of at least twelve years. Compare Isaac's weaning at the age of five years, and see [Genesis 21:8](../../../kjv/genesis/21/8) . three bullocks. Septuagint and Syriac read "a bullock of three years". Compare [1 Samuel 1:25](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/25) , and [Genesis 15:9](../../../kjv/genesis/15/9) . **ephah** . See App-51 . **a bottle** = a skin bottle. and the child was young. Hebrew vehannar na ' ar. Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ) = "now the boy was a child". Note also the Figure of speech *Parenthesis.* App-6 . **a** = the. **thy soul** = thyself. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **the LORD** = Jehovah. Punctuate thus, "to Jehovah as long as he liveth. He shall be", &c. Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia (* *App-6* *)* in verses: [1 Samuel 1:27-28](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/27-28) . "Jehovah hath given me my petition *(sh e 'elathi)* which I asked of Him *(sha'alti):* therefore also I have lent him *(hishiltihu)* to Jehovah. 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