SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:20
Y Elí bendijo a Elcana y a su mujer, diciendo: El SEÑOR te dé simiente de esta mujer en lugar de esta petición que hizo al SEÑOR. Y se volvieron a su casa.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:20
Verse 20. Eli blessed Elkanah] The natural place of this verse seems to be before the 11th; after which the 21st should come in; after the 21st, perhaps the 26th should come in. The subjects in this chapter seem very much entangled and confused by the wrong position of the verses.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife , etc.] Not only the first time they brought Samuel to him, and left him with him; but every year they came to worship, as the Jewish commentators mostly interpret it: and said, the Lord give thee seed of this woman ; children by her, year after year: for the loan which is lent to the Lord ; instead of Samuel, who was asked of the Lord and given to him again; and as they were thereby in some measure deprived of him, and could not always enjoy him, and be delighted with him, Eli prayed for them, and gave them his benediction as a priest, that they might be favoured with other children, who might be of delight and service to them when in old age: and they went unto their own home ; at Ramah, as in ( 1 Samuel 2:11) or to his place f46 , Elkanah’s; hence Kimchi concludes that Hannah was of another city originally; but the Targum is, “to their place;” and indeed, what was now the place or home of the one, was of the other.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-26 - Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a chil employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was called ministerin 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 the may serve him better. Eli shunned trouble and exertion. This led him to indulge his children, without using parental authority to restrain an correct them when young. He winked at the abuses in the service of the sanctuary till they became customs, and led to abominations; and his sons, who should have taught those that engaged in the service of the sanctuary what was good, solicited them to wickedness. Their offenc was committed even in offering the sacrifices for sins, which typifie the atonement of the Saviour! Sins against the remedy, the atonemen itself, are most dangerous, they tread under foot the blood of the covenant. Eli's reproof was far too mild and gentle. In general, non are more abandoned than the degenerate children of godly persons, when they break through restraints.
Original Hebrew
וברך 1288 עלי 5941 את 853 אלקנה 511 ואת 853 אשׁתו 802 ואמר 559 ישׂם 7760 יהוה 3068 לך זרע 2233 מן 4480 האשׁה 802 הזאת 2063 תחת 8478 השׁאלה 7596 אשׁר 834 שׁאל 7592 ליהוה 3068 והלכו 1980 למקמו׃ 4725
