2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
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Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God , or devoted to God ; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment, was given to Solomon (2 Sam. 12:25), Jedediah—beloved of the Lord . Lemuel is supposed to be a pretty, fond, endearing name, by which his mother used to call him; and so much did he value himself u…
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