David Guzik commentary on 1 Samuel 1, where Hannah cries out to God in prayer and God answers by giving her a son - Samuel.

The story of Samuel introduces him as a child of prayer. Samson's birth was foretold by an angel to his mother; Samuel was asked of God by his mother.

First Samuel 1 begins the story of Samuel with the account of his unlikely-seeming birth. Samuel's mother Hannah is barren.

Study 1 Samuel 1 using Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary (concise) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning.

Hannah finally reaches the breaking point and decides to go to the sanctuary at Shiloh on her own to plead with God for a male child.

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The narrator makes explicit the providential hand of the Lord in Saul's encounter with Samuel by rewinding to the events of the previous day in 9:15–16.