the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
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Louis Segond
1 Samuel 2:11
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Et Elkana s'en alla Rama en sa maison; mais l'enfant resta au service de l'ternel, en prsence d'Hli, le sacrificateur.
Et Elkana s'en alla Rama, dans sa maison; et le jeune garon servait l'ternel en la prsence d'li, le sacrificateur.
Puis Elkana s'en alla Rama en sa maison, et le jeune garon vaquait au service de l'Eternel, en la prsence d'Hli le Sacrificateur.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
minister: 1 Samuel 2:18, 1 Samuel 1:28, 1 Samuel 3:1, 1 Samuel 3:15
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:22 - and there 1 Samuel 2:20 - General Acts 13:2 - they Philippians 3:19 - whose God Titus 1:6 - having Hebrews 11:32 - Samuel
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house,.... Of which see 1 Samuel 1:19. This was after he had offered the sacrifices at the feast, worshipped the Lord, and Hannah had delivered her prayer or song of praise, and both had committed Samuel to the care of Eli, and left him with him:
and the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest; he not only read in the book of the law, but learned to sing the praises of God vocally, and to play upon an instrument of music used in the service of God in those times, and to light the lamps in the tabernacle, and open and shut the doors of it, and the like; which were suitable to his age, and which might not be quite so tender as some have thought; or this may respect some small beginnings in the ministry of the sanctuary, in which he gradually increased under the inspection, guidance, and instruction of Eli, which is meant by ministering before him; the Targum is,
"in the life of Eli the priest;''
he began his ministration before his death.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The word “minister” is used in three senses in Scripture:
(1) of the service or ministration of both priests and Levites rendered unto the Lord Exodus 28:35, Exodus 28:43 :
(2) of the ministrations of the Levites as rendered to the priests, to aid them in divine Service Numbers 3:6 :
(3) of any service or ministration, especially one rendered to a man of God, as that of Joshua to Moses Numbers 11:28.
The application of it to Samuel as ministering to the Lord before Eli the priest accords “most exactly” with Samuel’s condition as a Levite.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 2:11. And Elkanah went to Ramah — Immediately after the 10th verse, the Septuagint add, Και κατελιπεν αυτον εκει ενωπιον Κυριου· και απηλθεν εις Αραματαια, And she left him there before the Lord, and went unto Arimathea. Thus the Septuagint suppose that the song of Hannah was composed when she brought Samuel to present him to the Lord; and as soon as she had completed this fine ode, she delivered him into the hands of Eli the high priest, and the child entered immediately on his ministration, under the direction and instructions of Eli.
