Remember that the Old Testament gives us the history of God’s people. But from the New Testament we learn that these happenings are illustrations of our Christian life. Otherwise we could never understand why there was so much killing and warfare. We often don’t realize that God is teaching us that this was necessary, and therefore we are careless about putting out of our life the things we know are not pleasing to the Lord.
V.1-3 In Joshua 18:33And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you? (Joshua 18:3) we noticed that the Lord had chosen a place called Shiloh, when the Israelites finally finished their 40 years wandering in the wilderness. Eli was the name of the priest of the Lord who was in Shiloh. Today we read of a man named Elkanah, and his wife Hannah.
V.7-11 Their faithful visits to the house of the Lord. In verse 11, Hannah promised that if the Lord would give her a son, she would “give him unto the Lord all the days of his life.” What a wonderful thing it would be if believing parents today would really wish such a thing for their children.