1  The affliction of Hannah, Sa1 1:1-8.
Her prayer to God, with Eli's blessing, Sa1 1:9-18.
The birth and nursing of Samuel, Sa1 1:19-23.
The presenting of him to God, Sa1 1:24-28.

1:24 Three bullocks - One for a burnt - offering, the second for a sin - offering, and the third for a peace offering; all these sorts being expedient for this work and time. Flour - For the meal - offerings belonging to the principal sacrifices, which to each bullock were three tenth - deals, or three tenth parts of an ephah, and so nine parts of the ephah were spent, and the tenth part was given to the priest.Wine - For drink - offerings.

1:25 A bullock - The three bullocks mentioned ver. Sa1 1:24, the singular number being put for the plural, which is frequent.

1:26 Soul liveth - As surely as thou livest. Which asseveration seems necessary, because this was some years after it.

1:28 Lent him - But not with a purpose to require him again.Whatever we give to God, may upon this account be said to be lent to him, that tho' we may not recall it, yet he will certainly repay it, to our unspeakable advantage. He worshipped - Not Eli, but young Samuel, who is spoken of in this and the foregoing verse, and who was capable of worshipping God in some sort, at least with external adoration.

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1:46 And Mary said - Under a prophetic impulse, several things, which perhaps she herself did not then fully understand.

1:47 My spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour - She seems to turn her thoughts here to Christ himself, who was to be born of her, as the angel had told her, he should be the Son of the Highest, whose name should be Jesus, the Saviour. And she rejoiced in hope of salvation through faith in him, which is a blessing common to all true believers, more than in being his mother after the flesh, which was an honour peculiar to her. And certainly she had the same reason to rejoice in God her Saviour hat we have: because he had regarded the low estate of his handmaid, in like manner as he regarded our low estate; and vouchsafed to come and save her and us, when we were reduced to the lowest estate of sin and misery.

1:51 He hath wrought strength with his arm - That is, he hath shown the exceeding greatness of his power. She speaks prophetically of those things as already done, which God was about to do by the Messiah. He hath scattered the proud - Visible and invisible.

1:52 He hath put down the mighty - Both angels and men.

1:54 He hath helped his servant Israel - By sending the Messiah.

1:55 To his seed - His spiritual seed: all true believers.

1:56 Mary returned to her own house - And thence soon after to Bethlehem.