"Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place."
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Verse 1 Samuel 3:9. _SPEAK, LORD; FOR THY SERVANT HEARETH_] This was
the usual way in which the prophets spoke, when they had intimations
that the Lord was about to make some especial revelation....
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4. SAMUEL'S CALL AND PROPHETIC MINISTRY
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. Samuel's call (1 Samuel 3:1)_
2. The message from Jehovah (1 Samuel 3:10)
3. Samuel the prophet (1 Samuel 3:19)
After the priesthood had so c...
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1 SAMUEL 3:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 4:1 A... ALL ISRAEL. ANOTHER SECTION OF THE
LIFE OF SAMUEL (see above, p. 273).
1 SAMUEL 3:1. CALL OF SAMUEL.
1 Samuel 3:1. child: _na-' ar,_ anything from a baby to a man...
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1 Samuel 3:1-10. The Call of Samuel
1. _the child Samuel_ According to Josephus, Samuel had just completed
his twelfth year when the word of Jehovah came to him. In later times
this age was a critica...
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_Samuel's call._ 1 Samuel 3:1-10
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word
of the Lord was precious in those days; _there was_ no open vision.
2 And it came to pass at t...
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_AND THE LORD CALLED SAMUEL AGAIN THE THIRD TIME. AND HE AROSE AND
WENT TO ELI, AND SAID, HERE AM I; FOR THOU DIDST CALL ME. AND ELI
PERCEIVED THAT THE LORD HAD CALLED THE CHILD._
No JFB commentary o...
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THE CALL OF SAMUEL
1. Precious] RM, 'rare': see Isaiah 13:12. There was no prophet then.
OPEN] rather, 'published, widely announced': cp. 2 Chronicles 31:5....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 3
THE *LORD CALLS SAMUEL
V1 The boy Samuel served the *Lord. Eli the priest led him. In those
days, it was rare for the *Lord to speak directl...
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AND THE LORD CAME, AND STOOD. — Then before the boy, as he lay and
waited for _the voice,_ came _something,_ and it stood before him. The
question naturally occurs to us, _What_ came and stood before...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר עֵלִ֣י לִ שְׁמוּאֵל֮
לֵ֣ךְ שְׁכָב֒ וְ הָיָה֙ אִם ־יִקְרָ֣א
אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְ אָֽמַרְתָּ֙...
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CHAPTER V.
_ SAMUEL'S VISION._
1 Samuel 3:1.
IT is evident that Samuel must have taken very kindly to the duties of
the sanctuary. He was manifestly one of those who are sanctified from
in- fancy, a...
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SPEAK, LORD; FOR THY SERVANT HEARETH
1 Samuel 3:1
As we read again these familiar verses, we are taken back in thought
to the dear scenes of childhood-to the home we remember so well and to
the moth...
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At this point in the history came a change, startling, and full of
meaning in Samuel's life. In the silence of the night a Voice called
him by name. Thrice he answered by going to Eli. At last Eli
rec...
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_Heareth; ready to comply with whatever may be required. (Haydock)_...
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(9) Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if
he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant
heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. (10) And the LO...
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The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us
that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in
order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
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In chapter 3 God reveals Himself to Samuel; and he is known to be a
prophet of Jehovah from Dan even to Beersheba.
Eli, judged for having loved his sons more than Jehovah, comforts our
hearts neverth...
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THEREFORE ELI SAID UNTO SAMUEL, GO, LIE DOWN,.... Once more;
AND IT SHALL BE, IF HE CALL THEE; the voice, or the Lord by it:
THAT THOU SHALT SAY, SPEAK, LORD, FOR THY SERVANT HEARETH; his meaning
is...
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Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he
call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth.
So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Ver. 9. _That thou...
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1 How the word of the Lord was first reuealed to Samuel.
11 God telleth Samuel the destruction of Elies house.
15 Samuel, though loth, telleth Eli the vision.
19 Samuel groweth in credit.
1 AND th...
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THE LORD REVEALS HIMSELF TO SAMUEL...
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Again the contrast in the child Samuel to what goes before is
emphasized: he ministered to the Lord before Eli. Eli witnessed his
simple faithfulness to the Lord; but while he no doubt appreciated it...
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1-10 The call which Divine grace designs shall be made effectual; will
be repeated till it is so, till we come to the call. Eli, perceiving
that it was the voice of God that Samuel heard, instructed h...
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THY SERVANT HEARETH, i.e. I am ready to hear what thou speakest, and
to do what thou requirest....
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1 Samuel 3:9 Eli H5941 said H559 (H8799) Samuel H8050 Go H3212 (H8798)
down H7901 (H8798) calls H7121 (H8799) say H559 (H8804) Speak H1696
(H8761) LORD H3068 servant H5650 hears H8085 (H8802) Samuel H...
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YHWH CALLS TO SAMUEL AGAIN AND THE AGED ELI IS ENLIGHTENED AND
RECOGNISES THE T1SA (1 SAMUEL 3:8).
1 Samuel 3:8
‘ And YHWH called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went
to Eli, and said...
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1 Samuel 3:1
Of Bible boys Samuel is a chief favourite. The reason is that nothing
under the sun is more beautiful than piety in childhood. Nothing like
grace for making the young graceful. Martin Lu...
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CONTENTS: Samuel becomes Jehovah's prophet-priest.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel, Eli.
CONCLUSION: A child may have an ear for God's call; a mind for God's
service and a message for God's bidding, for God...
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1 Samuel 3:1. _No open vision;_ that is, no distinguished prophets in
all the land; one of the great calamities which Amos denounced against
Israel: 1 Samuel 8:12.
1 Samuel 3:3. _Ere the lamp of God...
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_And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli._
THE CHILD PROPHET
This white flower blossomed on a dunghill. The continuous growth of a
character, from a child serving God, and to old age...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
1 Samuel 3:1. “THE CHILD SAMUEL.” According to Josephus, Samuel
was now twelve years old. “PRECIOUS,” _i.e., rare_. “The word
was rare that came directly from the Lord...
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EXPOSITION
THE CALL OF SAMUEL (1 Samuel 3:1).
1 SAMUEL 3:1
THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS PRECIOUS IN THOSE DAYS. Or rather _rare_;_
_it came but seldom, and there was no proper order of persons from
whos...
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Chapter three,
The child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of
the Lord was precious [or scarce] in those days; there was no open
vision. [God just wasn't speaking to man.] And i...
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Acts 9:6; Daniel 10:19; Exodus 20:19; Isaiah 6:8; Psalms 85:8...
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THE PROPHET SAMUEL
1 Samuel 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The story of Samuel is one of the outstanding messages of the Bible.
His father's name was Elkanah. His mother's name was Hannah. Elkanah
went up,...