1 Samuel 1:5
But vnto Hannah he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hannah, and the Lord had made her barren.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 11:30But Sarai was barren, and had no childe.
Genesis 20:18For the Lord had shut vp euery wombe of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abrahams wife.
Genesis 30:2Then Iaakobs anger was kindled against Rahel, and he sayde, Am I in Gods steade, which hath withholden from thee the fruite of the wombe?
Genesis 45:22He gaue them all, none except, change of raiment: but vnto Beniamin he gaue three hundreth pieces of siluer, and fiue sutes of raiment.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:2-9
First Samuel This book, and that which follows it, bear the name of Samuel in the title, not because he was the penman of them (except of so much of them as fell within his own time, to the twenty-fifth chapter of the first book, in which we have an account of his death), but because the first book begins with a large account of him, his birth and childhood, his life and government; and the rest of these two volumes that are denominated from him contains the history of the reigns of Saul and David, who were both… Read the whole commentary →