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Verse 1 Samuel 3:15. _SAMUEL FEARED TO SHOW ELI_] He reverenced him as
a father, and he feared to distress him by showing what the Lord had
purposed to do. It does not appear that God had commanded Sa...
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OPENED THE DOORS - We learn thus incidentally the nature of some of
Samuel’s duties. This duty was quite Levitical in its character. In
the interval between Josh and David, when the tabernacle was
sta...
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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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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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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...
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The Message delivered to Eli
15. _the doors of the house of the Lord_.] As the tabernacle was
closed by a curtain only, we must suppose that the doors of the
enclosure in which it stood are meant. See...
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DOOM PRONOUNCED ON ELI'S HOUSE AND SAMUEL ESTABLISHED AS A PROPHET. 1
SAMUEL 3:11-21
11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel,
at which both the ears of every one that hear...
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_AND SAMUEL LAY UNTIL THE MORNING, AND OPENED THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE
OF THE LORD. AND SAMUEL FEARED TO SHEW ELI THE VISION._
Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of
the Lor...
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DOORS] The Tabernacle was no longer a mere tent, but at this time had
been replaced by a substantial building. This was a natural
consequence of its occupying a fixed position....
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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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AND OPENED THE DOORS. — This is another notice which indicates that
the sanctuary of Shiloh was enclosed in a house or temple. We have no
record of the building of the _first_ house of the Lord, but f...
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וַ יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב שְׁמוּאֵל֙ עַד ־הַ
בֹּ֔קֶר 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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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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_Slept. Hebrew and Septuagint, "laid himself down to sleep." For how
could he take any rest after such terrible threats? (Calmet)
particularly as light was beginning to appear, when he was called by
G...
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(15) And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the
house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. (16) Then
Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered,...
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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 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of
the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
Ver. 15. And Samuel … opened the doors of the house.] His modesty
appeareth...
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_Opened the doors_ Although the tabernacle, while it was to be removed
from place to place in the wilderness, had no doors, but consisted
only of curtains, and had hangings before the entrance, instea...
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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 Samuel lay until the morning, sleeping in his bed, untroubled by
an evil conscience, AND OPENED THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,
those of the entrance to the court, so the people might come in...
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THE PROPHECY AGAINST ELI...
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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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11-18 What a great deal of guilt and corruption is there in us,
concerning which we may say, It is the iniquity which our own heart
knoweth; we are conscious to ourselves of it! Those who do not
rest...
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OPENED THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: although the tabernacle,
whilst it was to be removed from place to place in the wilderness, had
no doors, but consisted only of curtains, and had only hangin...
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1 Samuel 3:15 Samuel H8050 down H7901 (H8799) morning H1242 opened
H6605 (H8799) doors H1817 house H1004 LORD...
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THE NEXT MORNING (1 SAMUEL 3:15).
1 Samuel 3:15
‘ And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the
house of YHWH. And Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.'
Notice that it does not...
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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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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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_The doors of the House of the Lord._
THE DOORS OF THE TABERNACLE
Some think, that whereas yet the Tabernacle consisted of curtains and
coverings, and so had veils instead of doors: that the House of...
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_I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that
heareth it shall tingle._
CAUSES OF ELI’S OVERTHROW
There are several impressive lessons urged by God’s treatment of
Eli.
I. Fi...
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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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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 16:10; 1 Corinthians 16:11; 1 Samuel 1:9; Jeremiah 1:6;...
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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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Doors — Altho' the tabernacle, whilst it was to be removed from
place to place in the wilderness, had no doors, but consisted only of
curtains, and had hangings before the entrance, instead of doors;...