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1 Samuel 3:18

And Samuel told him every whit, placing the pathetic demand of Eli above his own fear and sorrow, and hid nothing from him. Thus Samuel entered upon his prophetic office. And he, Eli, said, It is the Lord; let Him do what seemeth Him good. He expressed his humble submission to the will of the Lord, for with all his weakness and in spite of his transgression he was a believer in Jehovah of Israel, and he realized the justice of the punishment.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 3:18. _SAMUEL TOLD HIM EVERY WHIT_] Our word _whit_, or _wid_, comes from the Anglo-Saxon [A.S.], which signifies _person, thing_, c. _every whit_ is _every thing_. The Hebrew את כל הדב...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IT IS THE LORD ... - Compare the devout submission of Aaron Leviticus 10:3, and of Hezekiah 2 Kings 20:19. And, for the highest conceivable submission to the will of God, compare Luke 22:42....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ha

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    IN OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMAND OF THE LORD, SAMUEL ANNOUNCES TO ELI THE DOOM OF HIS HOUSE. Parallel to the Deuteronomic section (1 Samuel 2:27). 1 SAMUEL 3:12. Probably an addition by the Deuteronomic w...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EVERY WHIT. every particle. Anglo-Saxon, _wiht._ Every bit. Hebrew "all the words"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _every whit_ Heb. -all the words," = every thing. _Whit_is derived from A.-S. _wiht_, thing. _It is the Lord_ HE IS JEHOVAH. For the depth of meaning involved in this confession, see Exodus 34:5-7. El...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Message delivered to Eli 15. _the doors of the house of the Lord_.] As the tabernacle was closed by a curtain only, we must suppose that the doors of the enclosure in which it stood are meant. See...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 285 ELI’S SUBMISSION TO THE DIVINE REBUKES 1 Samuel 3:18. _And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It in the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good._ IT is o...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN ELI CALLED SAMUEL, AND SAID— Either that he might not afflict Eli, or displease God, Samuel _feared_ to tell this unhappy father what had been revealed to him. But Eli, naturally distressed and u...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    DOOM PRONOUNCED ON ELI'S HOUSE AND SAMUEL ESTABLISHED AS A PROPHET. 1 SAMUEL 3:11-21 11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that hear...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IT _is_ THE LORD] So Eli was at heart loyal, though he had shown culpable weakness....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IT IS THE LORD. — Such a reply, and such a reception of the news of the terrible doom twice communicated to him by a direct message from the Eternal, indicates that Eli, in spite of his weakness and f...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּגֶּד ־לֹ֤ו שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת ־כָּל ־הַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A MESSAGE THROUGH A CHILD 1 Samuel 3:10 It was a heavy burden that the young boy had to carry. To remind Eli of his sons' shameful sin; to reprove him for his neglect; to utter a judgment which no sa...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sight. Some of the Fathers think that these words proceeded from an habitual indifference, as he was not disposed to molest his sons any farther, let the consequences be what they might. (St. Gregory...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (15) And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. (16) Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered,...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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 neverthe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SAMUEL TOLD HIM EVERY WHIT, AND HID NOTHING FROM HIM,.... And so approved himself to be a faithful prophet of God, and man of God, as he is afterwards called; the whole counsel of God is to be dec...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. Ver. 18. _Told him every whit._] Bitter truths must be spoken, however they...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _It is the Lord_ This severe sentence is from the sovereign Lord of the world, who hath an absolute right to dispose of me and all his creatures; who is in a special manner the ruler of the people of...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    EVERY WHIT: _ Heb._ all the things, or words...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-18 What a great deal of guilt and corruption is there in us, concerning which we may say, It is the iniquity which our own heart knoweth; we are conscious to ourselves of it! Those who do not rest...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This severe sentence is from the sovereign Lord of the world, who hath an absolute power and right to dispose of me and all his creatures as he pleaseth, to whose good pleasure I therefore freely subm...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 3:18 Samuel H8050 told H5046 (H8686) everything H1697 hid H3582 (H8765) said H559 (H8799) LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE NEXT MORNING (1 SAMUEL 3:15). 1 Samuel 3:15 ‘ And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of YHWH. And Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.' Notice that it does not...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 SAMUEL 1-4 _(with Judges 21:16)_ I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant, who does...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Samuel 3:18 I. Notice first the history and fate of Eli. (1) Observe his amiability and kindness, shown in his readily retracting his opinion of Hannah and changing the language of uncharitable-ness...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Samuel told him every whit._ SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE Samuel, so adjured, “told him every whit, and hid nothing from him.” How interesting it is to trace, at every stage of the history, the d...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 3:18 IT IS THE LORD. Eli accepts the judgment humbly. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 1 Samuel 3:11. “THE EARS OF EVERY ONE THAT HEARETH IT SHALL TINGLE.” A mark of dread and horror. (See 2 Kings 21:12 and Jeremiah 19:3.) “As a sharp, discordant noise pa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 5:6; 2 Samuel 16:10; Genesis 18:25; Isaiah 39:8; Job 1:21;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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,...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    It is the Lord — This severe sentence is from the sovereign Lord of the world, who hath an absolute right to dispose of me and all his creatures; who is in a special manner the ruler of the people of...

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