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1 Samuel 3:17

What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? The word Lord is not in the Hebrew. As in 1 Samuel 3:9 it is tacitly assumed that the speaker was Jehovah.

Observe how Eli first simply asksfor an account of what had passed, then demandsa complete statement, and finally adjuresSamuel to conceal nothing from him.

God do so to thee, and more also Literally, "so shall God do to thee and so shall He add." This form of adjuration is characteristic of the books of Samuel and Kings, in which it occurs eleven times. elsewhere it is found in Ruth 1:17 only.

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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