Passage Research
1 Samuel 2 — Sermon Preparation
Hannah's song of praise opens the chapter; the corrupt behavior of Eli's sons contrasts sharply with the boy Samuel growing up faithfully in the LORD's service. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 36
- verses
- 556 / 242
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נַעַר | naʻar | H5288 | 7 | boy, servant |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 8 | officiating, priest |
| עֵלִי | ʻÊlîy | H5941 | 5 | Eli |
| קָטַר | qâṭar | H6999 | 4 | smoke, turn into fragrance by fire |
| רוּם | rûwm | H7311 | 4 | be high, rise |
| עָלָה | ʻâlâh | H5927 | 5 | ascend, high |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 5 | father |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was called ministering unto the Lord. He received a blessing from the Lord. Those young people who serve God as well as they can, he will enable to improve, that they may serve him better. Eli shunned trouble and exertion. This led him to indulge his children, without using parental authority to restrain and correct them when young. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 2:11–26 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ramah 4— 1 Sam 2:11
- Shiloh— 1 Sam 2:14
- Egypt— 1 Sam 2:27
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