Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Samuel 3:17
God do so, &c. — God inflict the same evils upon thee, which I suspect he hath pronounced against me, and greater evils too.
God do so, &c. — God inflict the same evils upon thee, which I suspect he hath pronounced against me, and greater evils too.
Verse 1 Samuel 3:17. _GOD DO SO TO THEE, AND MORE ALSO_] This was a very solemn adjuration: he suspected that God had threatened severe judgments, for he knew that his house was very criminal; and he...
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
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...
THING- word....
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...
_What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee?_ The word Lord is not in the Hebrew. As in 1 Samuel 3:9 it is tacitly assumed that the speaker was Jehovah. Observe how Eli first simply _asks_fo...
THEN ELI CALLED SAMUEL, AND SAID— Either that he might not afflict Eli, or displease God, Samuel _feared_ to tell this unhappy father what had been revealed to him. But Eli, naturally distressed and u...
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...
_AND HE SAID, WHAT IS THE THING THAT THE LORD HATH SAID UNTO THEE? I PRAY THEE HIDE IT NOT FROM ME: GOD DO SO TO THEE, AND MORE ALSO, IF THOU HIDE ANY THING FROM ME OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HE SAID UNTO...
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....
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...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר מָ֤ה הַ דָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר
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...
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...
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...
And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God (k) do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that h...
_And so. Literally, "May God do these things to thee, and add these also." It is not certain that he mentioned the particular punishment, (Haydock) though it is most probable. The Scripture refrains f...
(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,...
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...
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...
AND HE SAID, WHAT IS THE THING THAT THE [LORD] HATH SAID UNTO THEE?.... The word "Lord" is not in the text, but it is "that it hath said"; the voice that had so often called him in the night, and whic...
And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he sa...
_God do so_, &c. God inflict the same evils upon thee which I suspect he hath pronounced against me, and greater evils too....
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...
And he, Eli, said. WHAT IS THE THING THAT THE LORD HATH SAID UNTO THEE? He felt that the Revelation concerned him, and he was eager to know it. I PRAY THEE HIDE IT NOT FROM ME; GOD DO SO TO THEE, AND...
THE PROPHECY AGAINST ELI...
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...
MORE ALSO: so add THING: Or, word...
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...
God inflict the same evils upon thee, which I suspect he hath pronounced against me, and greater evils too. Or, _God do so_, i.e. let God deal with thee so severely, as I cannot, or am loth to express...
1 Samuel 3:17 said H559 (H8799) word H1697 spoke H1696 (H8765) hide H3582 (H8762) God H430 so...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee?_ A PRIVATE ENQUIRY I. Let us view the question as addressed to Samuel. 1. The first remark which we shall make upon it is that God does speak t...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 3:17 MAY GOD DO SO TO YOU AND MORE ALSO IF is a form of solemn appeal to the Lord, a kind of oath. Compare Ruth 1:17;...
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...
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
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...
1 Kings 22:16; 1 Samuel 20:13; 2 Samuel 19:13; 2 Samuel 3:35; Da
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,...