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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Samuel 3:4

that the Lord called Samuel; and he answered, Here am I. So Samuel was sleeping in one of the rooms which were built in the court of the Tabernacle for the use of the priests and Levites who happened to be on duty, and it was toward morning.

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See also 1 Samuel 3:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 3:4. _THE LORD CALLED SAMUEL_] The voice probably came from the holy place, near to which Eli and Samuel were both lying....

  • 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

    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....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HERE AM I. Behold me....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Here am I_ Heb. _Behold me_, the regular formula for expressing attention to a call and readiness to obey. Cp. Genesis 22:1; Isaiah 6:8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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 critical...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LORD CALLED SAMUEL— The voice came, most probably, out of the _most holy place._ So the Chaldee renders it; _a voice was heard out of the tabernacle of the Lord. Here am I,_ was a form of speech i...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THAT THE LORD CALLED SAMUEL: AND HE ANSWERED, HERE AM I._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • 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

    ERE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT. — There is a Talmud comment here of singular interest and beauty: “On the day that Rabbi Akiva died, Rabbi (compiler of the Mishnah) was born; on the day when Rabbi died,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקְרָ֧א יְהוָ֛ה אֶל ־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל וַ יֹּ֥א

  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    That the LORD (e) called Samuel: and he answered, Here [am] I. (e) Josephus writes that Samuel was 12 years old when the Lord appeared to him....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. It appears, that in this first call of God; Samuel was unconscious who it was that called: He knew not the voice. So is it frequently with...

  • 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

    THAT THE LORD CALLED SAMUEL,.... By a voice which came forth from the most holy place, from between the cherubim, the seat of the divine Majesty: AND HE ANSWERED, HERE AM I; which was not intended to...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here [am] I. Ver. 4. _That the Lord called Samuel_] _Gratuita et inopinata est vocatio nostra_ Eph 1:11 God calleth his people of free grace, and when th...

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

    _At that time_ After the man of God, mentioned in the foregoing chapter, (1 Samuel 2:27,) had been with Eli; perhaps the very night after he had delivered his message: _when Eli was laid down in his p...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 3:4 LORD H3068 called H7121 (H8799) Samuel H8050 answered H559 (H8799) called Samuel - G

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH APPROACHES SAMUEL (1 SAMUEL 3:2) . 1 Samuel 3:2 ‘ And it came about on that day, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see), and the lamp o...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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 Lut...

  • 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...

  • 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 it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place._ THE CHARACTER OF ELI Eli and Samuel. 1. They are contrasted in point of years: for the one is a boy, the other a grey-headed...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I._ THE CHILD SAMUEL “Child” is not a precise equivalent for the Hebrew word so rendered, which is considerably wider in meaning, and includes a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • 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 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:6; Acts 9:4; Exodus 3:4;...

  • 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,...

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