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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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HERE AM I. Behold me....
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_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....
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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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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...
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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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_THAT THE LORD CALLED SAMUEL: AND HE ANSWERED, HERE AM I._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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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,...
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וַ יִּקְרָ֧א יְהוָ֛ה אֶל ־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל
וַ יֹּ֥א
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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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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....
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(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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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THE LORD REVEALS HIMSELF TO SAMUEL...
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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...
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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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1 Samuel 3:4 LORD H3068 called H7121 (H8799) Samuel H8050 answered
H559 (H8799)
called Samuel - G
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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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_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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_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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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 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:6; Acts 9:4; Exodus 3:4;...
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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,...