CHILD. youth. Hebrew. _na'ar._ THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. WAS. had come to be. PRECIOUS. Hebrew. _yakar_. heavy (in price). Note the five precious things in Old. Testament: the word of God (1 Samuel 3:1, its first occurrence); redemption (Psalms 49:8); the death of His saints (Psalms 72:1... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE. see clearly.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMP OF GOD. the seven-branched candlestick. God. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. THE TEMPLE: i, e. the tabernacle. See note on 1 Samuel 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
HERE AM I. Behold me.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAMUEL, SAMUEL. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. See note on Genesis 22:11 for the ten reduplications.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. TINGLE. Compare 2 Kings 21:12.Jeremiah 19:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _avah._ MADE THEMSELVES VILE. This is one of the eighteen emendations of the _Sopherim,_ on their own confession. See App-33. By omitting one letter they changed this, from. mistaken sense of reverence. The primitive text, preserved in the Septuagint, stood, "his sons cursed God".... [ Continue Reading ]
MORNING. The copyist's eye, in going back to this word, went to the word at the end of' the next sentence, and thus omitted "and rose early in the morning". These words are preserved in the Septuagint.... [ Continue Reading ]
THING- word.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY WHIT. every particle. Anglo-Saxon, _wiht._ Every bit. Hebrew "all the words".... [ Continue Reading ]
ESTABLISHED, &c. Samuel was the first of "the prophets "and last of the judges, preparing the way for the change of government.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. Or, according to.... [ Continue Reading ]