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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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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...
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_thou didst call me_ Simply, THOU CALLEDST, as in 1 Samuel 3:5, and
again in 1 Samuel 3:8. There is no additional emphasis in the
original....
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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 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...
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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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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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וַ יֹּ֣סֶף יְהוָ֗ה קְרֹ֣א עֹוד֮
שְׁמוּאֵל֒ וַ
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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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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...
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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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(6) 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. (7) Now Samuel did not...
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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 CALLED YET AGAIN, Samuel,.... Called him a second time by
his name, with a like audible voice as before:
AND SAMUEL AROSE, AND WENT TO ELI; did not run as before, being
perhaps more thou...
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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.
Ver. 6. _And the Lord ca...
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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 called yet again, Samuel! And Samuel arose, and went to
Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. He was again, as a
faithful servant, ready to do his master's bidding; there was...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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...
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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 3:1
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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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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_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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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 4:16; 2 Samuel 18:22; Genesis 43:29; Matthew 9:2...
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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,...