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Verse 1 Samuel 3:18. _SAMUEL TOLD HIM EVERY WHIT_] Our word _whit_, or
_wid_, comes from the Anglo-Saxon [A.S.], which signifies _person,
thing_, c. _every whit_ is _every thing_. The Hebrew את כל
הדב...
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IT IS THE LORD ... - Compare the devout submission of Aaron Leviticus
10:3, and of Hezekiah 2 Kings 20:19. And, for the highest conceivable
submission to the will of God, compare Luke 22:42....
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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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EVERY WHIT. every particle. Anglo-Saxon, _wiht._ Every bit. Hebrew
"all the words"....
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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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_every whit_ Heb. -all the words," = every thing. _Whit_is derived
from A.-S. _wiht_, thing.
_It is the Lord_ HE IS JEHOVAH. For the depth of meaning involved in
this confession, see Exodus 34:5-7. El...
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DISCOURSE: 285
ELI’S SUBMISSION TO THE DIVINE REBUKES
1 Samuel 3:18. _And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from
him. And he said, It in the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good._
IT is o...
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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...
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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 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...
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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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IT _is_ THE LORD] So Eli was at heart loyal, though he had shown
culpable weakness....
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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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IT IS THE LORD. — Such a reply, and such a reception of the news of
the terrible doom twice communicated to him by a direct message from
the Eternal, indicates that Eli, in spite of his weakness and f...
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וַ יַּגֶּד ־לֹ֤ו שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶת ־כָּל
־הַ
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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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_Sight. Some of the Fathers think that these words proceeded from an
habitual indifference, as he was not disposed to molest his sons any
farther, let the consequences be what they might. (St. Gregory...
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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 TOLD HIM EVERY WHIT, AND HID NOTHING FROM HIM,.... And so
approved himself to be a faithful prophet of God, and man of God, as
he is afterwards called; the whole counsel of God is to be dec...
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And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said,
It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
Ver. 18. _Told him every whit._] Bitter truths must be spoken, however
they...
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_It is the Lord_ This severe sentence is from the sovereign Lord of
the world, who hath an absolute right to dispose of me and all his
creatures; who is in a special manner the ruler of the people of...
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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 told him every whit, placing the pathetic demand of Eli
above his own fear and sorrow, AND HID NOTHING FROM HIM. Thus Samuel
entered upon his prophetic office. AND HE, Eli, SAID, IT IS THE...
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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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EVERY WHIT:
_ Heb._ all the things, or words...
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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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This severe sentence is from the sovereign Lord of the world, who hath
an absolute power and right to dispose of me and all his creatures as
he pleaseth, to whose good pleasure I therefore freely subm...
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1 Samuel 3:18 Samuel H8050 told H5046 (H8686) everything H1697 hid
H3582 (H8765) said H559 (H8799) 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 3:18
I. Notice first the history and fate of Eli. (1) Observe his
amiability and kindness, shown in his readily retracting his opinion
of Hannah and changing the language of uncharitable-ness...
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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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_And Samuel told him every whit._
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE
Samuel, so adjured, “told him every whit, and hid nothing from
him.” How interesting it is to trace, at every stage of the history,
the d...
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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 Peter 5:6; 2 Samuel 16:10; Genesis 18:25; Isaiah 39:8; Job 1:21;...
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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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It is the Lord — This severe sentence is from the sovereign Lord of
the world, who hath an absolute right to dispose of me and all his
creatures; who is in a special manner the ruler of the people of...