Commentaries:Adam Clarke
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1 Samuel 1:20
Called his name Samuel - As she gave this name to her son because she had asked him of the Lord, the word Shemuel must be here considerably contracted; if it express this sentiment, the component parts of it are the following: shaul meEl , "asked of God." This name would put both the mother and the son in continual remembrance of the Divine interposition at his birth. See on I Samuel 1:28 (note).
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