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1 Samuel 1:14 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 1 · verse 14
And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.1 Samuel 1:14 · King James Version
1 Samuel 1:14 in context
12And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
13Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
15And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
16Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- drunkenshâkarto become tipsyH7937 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- awayçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- wineyayinwineH3196 →
- EliʻÊlîyEli, an Israelite highpriestH5941 →
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Elkanah had gently reproved Hannah for her inordinate grief, and here we find the good effect of the reproof. I. It brought her to her meat. She ate and drank, Sa1 1:9. She did not harden herself in sorrow, nor grow sullen when she was reproved for it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-18