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Verse 1 Samuel 3:10. _THE LORD CANE, AND STOOD_] He heard the voice as
if it was approaching nearer and nearer; till at last, from the
sameness of the tone, he could imagine that it ceased to approach...
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A personal presence, not a mere voice, or impression upon Samuel’s
mind, is here distinctly indicated. (Compare Genesis 12:7 note;
Revelation 1:1; Revelation 22:16.)...
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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 ha
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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....
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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...
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SAMUEL, SAMUEL. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. See note on
Genesis 22:11 for the ten reduplications....
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THE LORD CAME, AND STOOD, &C.— These last words, which are the same
as those used in the history of Balaam, Numbers 22:22; Numbers 23:30
are employed to denote some appearance; and, therefore, both Je...
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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 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...
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3:10 stood, (d-5) As Genesis 18:2 ....
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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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CAME, AND STOOD] the Voice became a Vision....
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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 יָּבֹ֤א יְהוָה֙ וַ יִּתְיַצַּ֔ב וַ
יִּקְרָ
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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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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...
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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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_Times, ( secundo:) a second time, or repeatedly, or mentioning the
name twice, (Menochius) as God does sometimes in urgent cases, Genesis
xxii. 11. (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 neverthe...
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AND THE LORD CAME, AND STOOD,.... At the place where Samuel lay;
either there was, as Kimchi, a form before his eyes in the vision of
prophecy, some visible corporeal shape assumed; or a bright splend...
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And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel,
Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
Ver. 10. _And the Lord came, and stood._] In some visible shape,
eith...
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_The Lord came and stood_, &c. Before, the Lord spake to him at a
distance, even from the holy oracle between the cherubim: but now, to
prevent all further mistake, the voice came near to him, as if t...
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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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And the Lord, who had at first manifested Himself merely by His voice,
CAME, AND STOOD, in a vision which must have been plainly visible to
Samuel upon awakening, AND CALLED AS AT OTHER TIMES, SAMUEL!...
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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...
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THE LORD CAME; before, he spake to him at a distance, even from the
holy oracle between the cherubims; but now, to prevent all further
mistakes, the voice came near to him, as if the person speaking h...
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1 Samuel 3:10 LORD H3068 came H935 (H8799) stood H3320 (H8691) called
H7121 (H8799) times H6471 Samuel...
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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 Lut...
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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...
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1 Samuel 3:10
The call of Samuel is very different in its circumstances from the
call of St. Paul; yet it resembles it in this particular, that the
circumstance of his obedience to it is brought out p...
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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 w...
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_Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth._
THE PUPIL OF GOD
I. As the auditor of God. “The Lord came and stood.” The Great
Father speaks to man in nature, in history, in moral reason, as well
as in spe...
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_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...
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_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...
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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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THE RIGHT KIND OF EARS
Speak; for thy servant heareth. 1 Samuel 3:10.
The other day I read a story which came all the way from Japan. A
missionary was walking along the streets of a Japanese town,...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 3:10 SAMUEL! SAMUEL! The Lord called other
people by uttering their name twice, e.g., Abraham (Genesis 22:11),
Jacob ...
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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...
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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
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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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1 Samuel 3:4; 1 Samuel 3:8...
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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,...
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Came and stood — Before, he spake to him at a distance, even from
the holy oracle between the cherubim: but now, to prevent all farther
mistake, the voice came near to him, as if the person speaking h...