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Verse 1 Samuel 3:3. _ERE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT_] Before sunrise;
for it is likely that the lamps were extinguished before the rising of
the sun. See Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3....
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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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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....
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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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AND ERE THE LAMP— Dr. Waterland renders this verse, _and the lamp of
God went not yet out,_ (_and Samuel was sleeping_) _in the temple,
where the ark of God was._ See Exodus 27:20....
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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 ERE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, WHERE THE
ARK OF GOD WAS, AND SAMUEL WAS_ _ LAID DOWN TO SLEEP;_
Ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord. The "temple"
seem...
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ERE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT] The lamp ('the seven-branched
candlestick') burned all night in the sanctuary, so that the time was
early morning: cp. Exodus 27:21. Samuel seems to have been sleeping in...
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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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וְ נֵ֤ר אֱלֹהִים֙ טֶ֣רֶם יִכְבֶּ֔ה וּ
שְׁמוּא
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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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And ere the (d) lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where
the ark of God [was], and Samuel was laid down [to sleep];
(d) That is, the lamps which burnt in the night....
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Out, towards morning, (Calmet; Exodus xxvii. 20.) when some of the
lamps were to be extinguished. (Worthington) --- Samuel slept. Some
would transpose these words to the end of the verse, as they thin...
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(2) And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his
place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; (3) And
ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where t...
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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 ERE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD,.... The
tabernacle so called; lamp is put for the lamps in the candlestick in
the tabernacle, which were lighted every evening, and burnt ti...
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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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and ere the lamp of God, the large candlestick with its seven lamps,
whose oil was replenished every morning, since they went out toward
morning, WENT OUT IN THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, WHERE THE ARK OF G...
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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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ERE THE LAMP OF GOD WENT OUT; before the lights of the golden
candlestick were put out, i.e. in the night season, or before the
morning, when they were put out, as they were lighted in the evening,
Ex...
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1 Samuel 3:3 lamp H5216 God H430 out H3518 (H8799) tabernacle H1964
LORD H3068 ark H727 God H430 Samuel...
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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 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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 3:3 The LAMP OF GOD was in the tent of
meeting, in the Holy Place. It burned every day from evening to
morning (Exodus 27:20;...
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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 1:6; 2 Chronicles 13:11; Exodus 27:20; Exodus 27:21; Exodus
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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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Went out — Before the lights of the golden candlestick were put out
in the morning....