Revised Version 1895
1 Samuel 1:2
2and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
1 Samuel 1:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
- New International Version (NIV)He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Context of 1 Samuel 1:2
1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto the LORD, were there. 4And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters portions:
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וְלוֹ֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֔ים שֵׁ֤ם אַחַת֙ חַנָּ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פְּנִנָּ֑ה וַיְהִ֤י לִפְנִנָּה֙ יְלָדִ֔ים וּלְחַנָּ֖ה אֵ֥ין יְלָדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 1:2
- Genesis 4:19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
- Genesis 29:23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
- Judges 8:30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
- Matthew 19:8He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
- Genesis 16:1Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Genesis 25:21And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- Genesis 29:31And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Judges 13:2And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- Luke 1:7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He had two wives - The custom of those times permitted polygamy; but wherever there was more than one wife, we find the peace of the family greatly disturbed by it. The name of the one was Hannah - חנה Channah, which signifies fixed or settled, and the other פננה Peninnah, which signifies a jewel or pearl.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He had two wives - Compare Genesis 4:19. This was permitted by the law Deuteronomy 21:15, and sanctioned by the practice of Jacob 1 Chronicles 4:5, Shaharaim 1 Chronicles 8:8, David 1 Samuel 25:43, Joash 2 Chronicles 24:3, and others. Hannah - i. e. “Beauty or charm,” is the same as “Anna” Luke 2:36. Peninnah - i. e. “a Pearl,” is the same name in signification as “Marqaret.” The frequent recurrence of the mention of barrenness in those women who were…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In the Bible, when a man married two wives at the same time, it often led to serious conflict (1 Samuel 1:6–7; Genesis 16; 21; 29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-8Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1Sa 1:1-8. Of Elkanah and His Two Wives. 1-2. a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim--The first word being in the dual number, signifies the double city--the old and new town of Ramah (1Sa 1:19). There were five cities of this name, all on high ground. This city had the addition of Zophim attached to it, because it was founded by Zuph, "an Ephrathite," that is a native of Ephratha. Beth-lehem, and the expression "of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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