Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 2:1-10
HANNAH’S SONG, 1 Samuel 2:1-10. “This prayer and song of Hannah,” says Wordsworth, “is one of the golden links which connect the song of Sarah on the birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:6-7) with the Magnificat of the Blessed Virgin. Luke 1:46-55. Another link is the triumphal song of Miriam, after the passage of the Red Sea. Exodus 15:20-21. Another is the song of Deborah, praising the Lord for delivering his people by the hand of a woman. Judges 5:0. All these poetic hymns of thanksgiving, uttered by... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 2:2
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.None holy — None so perfectly, unchangeably and constantly holy.None beside — Not only none is so holy as thou art, but in truth there is none holy besides thee; namely, entirely, or independently, but only by participation from thee.Any rock — Thou only art a sure defence and refuge to all that flee to thee. read more