1 Samuel 1:9

1 Samuel 1:9

they had drank

``after she had eaten in Shiloh, and after she had drank;''


for so the tabernacle was called, and sometimes the temple is called a tabernacle, ( Jeremiah 10:20 ) . Now at the door posts and side of the threshold of the temple of the Lord, as the Targum; at the entrance of the great court of the Israelites, Eli had a seat placed, on which he sat; this must be at the gate of the court of the tabernacle, by the pillars of it; for in the court itself none afterwards might sit but kings of the family David F14; here Eli sat as an high priest and judge, give advice in difficult cases, and to try and judge all causes that were brought before him; some say F15 that he was on this day constituted an high priest, and others say F17 he was now made a judge; but no doubt he was both high priest and judge before this time.


F15 Shoched Tob apud Yalkut, par. 2. fol. 12. 4.
F17 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 13. p. 37.