_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._ The child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. His ministry consisted, of course, of such duties in or about the sanctuary as were suited to his age, whi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THAT TIME, WHEN ELI WAS LAID DOWN IN HIS PLACE, AND HIS EYES BEGAN TO WAX DIM, THAT HE COULD NOT SEE;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ERE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, WHERE THE ARK OF GOD WAS, AND SAMUEL WAS_ _ LAID DOWN TO SLEEP;_ Ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord. The "temple" seems to have become the established designation of the tabernacle, and the time indicated was toward th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THE LORD CALLED SAMUEL: AND HE ANSWERED, HERE AM I._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE RAN UNTO ELI, AND SAID, HERE AM I; FOR THOU CALLEDST ME. AND HE SAID, I CALLED NOT; LIE DOWN AGAIN. AND HE WENT AND LAY DOWN._ He ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. It is evident that his sleeping chamber was close to that of the aged high priest, and that he was accus... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD CALLED YET AGAIN, SAMUEL. AND SAMUEL AROSE AND WENT TO ELI, AND SAID, HERE AM I; FOR THOU DIDST CALL ME. AND HE ANSWERED, I CALLED NOT, MY SON; LIE DOWN AGAIN._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW SAMUEL DID NOT YET KNOW THE LORD, NEITHER WAS THE WORD OF THE LORD YET REVEALED UNTO HIM._ Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord - i:e., by the extraordinary prophetic revelations of His Spirit. The three successive calls addressed to the boy convinced Eli, there being no human person in the ch... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD CAME, AND STOOD, AND CALLED AS AT OTHER TIMES, SAMUEL, SAMUEL. THEN SAMUEL ANSWERED, SPEAK; FOR THY SERVANT HEARETH._ The Lord came, and stood. In the previous calls the voice appeared to proceed from a distance; now the sound was as if the speaker stood beside him, and remained in th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID TO SAMUEL, BEHOLD, I WILL DO A THING IN ISRAEL, AT WHICH BOTH THE EARS OF EVERY ONE THAT HEARETH IT SHALL TINGLE._ I will do a thing in Israel. The reference is to the national disasters detailed in the following chapter, and the awful nature of which would strike with astonishme... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THAT DAY I WILL PERFORM AGAINST ELI ALL THINGS WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN CONCERNING HIS HOUSE: WHEN I BEGIN, I WILL ALSO MAKE AN END._ In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house - i:e., at the time appointed; and in the course of Providence, which was b... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I HAVE TOLD HIM THAT I WILL JUDGE HIS HOUSE FOR EVER FOR THE INIQUITY WHICH HE KNOWETH; BECAUSE HIS SONS MADE THEMSELVES VILE, AND HE RESTRAINED THEM NOT._ I will judge his house - i:e., I will punish (cf. Genesis 15:14) his posterity (cf. 2 Samuel 7:2; 1 Kings 21:29). FOR EVER - or, for a l... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEREFORE I HAVE SWORN UNTO THE HOUSE OF ELI, THAT THE INIQUITY OF ELI'S HOUSE SHALL NOT BE PURGED WITH SACRIFICE NOR OFFERING FOR EVER._ Therefore I have sworn - or, I do swear concerning the house of Eli.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL LAY UNTIL THE MORNING, AND OPENED THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. AND SAMUEL FEARED TO SHEW ELI THE VISION._ Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord, х_ DALTOWT_ (H1817), doors]. At first the tabernacle was closed simply by [maacaak] a hanging dra... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ELI CALLED SAMUEL, AND SAID, SAMUEL, MY SON. AND HE ANSWERED, HERE AM I._ Then Eli called Samuel. The burden of this communication to Samuel was an extraordinary premonition of the judgments that impended over Eli's house; and the aged priest, having drawn the painful secret from the simple c... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, WHAT IS THE THING THAT THE LORD HATH SAID UNTO THEE? I PRAY THEE HIDE IT NOT FROM ME: GOD DO SO TO THEE, AND MORE ALSO, IF THOU HIDE ANY THING FROM ME OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HE SAID UNTO THEE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMUEL GREW, AND THE LORD WAS WITH HIM, AND DID LET NONE OF HIS WORDS FALL TO THE GROUND._ And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him - i:e., he advanced not only in age and physical stature, but in the acquirements of wisdom and piety; and the spiritual gifts with which he was so eminently en... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL ISRAEL FROM DAN EVEN TO BEERSHEBA KNEW THAT SAMUEL WAS ESTABLISHED TO BE A PROPHET OF THE LORD._ All Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord, х_ NE'ªMAAN_ (H539)] - accredited, verified for a prophet of the Lord. х_ NAABIY'_ (H935),... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD APPEARED AGAIN IN SHILOH: FOR THE LORD REVEALED HIMSELF TO SAMUEL IN SHILOH BY THE WORD OF THE LORD._ And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh, х_ WAYOCEP_ (H3254) _ YAHWEH_ (H3068) _ LªHEERAA'OH_ (H7200), and the Lord added to the seeing] - i:e., Yahweh (the revealer of God to man) cont... [ Continue Reading ]