Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 3:12
When I begin ... - literally, as in the margin: meaning, I will go through with the performance from first to last.
When I begin ... - literally, as in the margin: meaning, I will go through with the performance from first to last.
Verse 1 Samuel 3:12. _I WILL PERFORM - ALL THINGS WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN_] That is, what He had declared by the prophet, whose message is related 1 Samuel 2:27, c. _WHEN I BEGIN, I WILL ALSO MAKE AN EN...
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...
_all things which I have spoken_ See ch. 1 Samuel 2:27-36. _when I begin, I will also make an end_ Literally, -beginning and ending," i.e. FROM BEGINNING TO END, fully and completely....
Announcement of the Doom of Eli's House 11. _I will do_ I AM DOING. The catastrophe is certain. With God the future is as the present. _at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingl...
WHEN I BEGIN, I WILL ALSO MAKE AN END— God declares to Samuel, that he will execute upon the house of Eli all that he had threatened against him by the prophet whom he had heretofore sent; that he wou...
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...
_IN THAT DAY I WILL PERFORM AGAINST ELI ALL THINGS WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN CONCERNING HIS HOUSE: WHEN I BEGIN, I WILL ALSO MAKE AN END._ In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spo...
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...
בַּ † יֹּ֤ום הַ הוּא֙ אָקִ֣ים אֶל...
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...
_House, by the prophet, chap. ii. 27._...
(11) В¶ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle. (12) In that day I will perform against Eli all things which...
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...
IN THAT DAY I WILL PERFORM AGAINST ELI ALL THINGS WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN CONCERNING HIS HOUSE,.... Or family, that is, by the man of God, 1 Samuel 2:27 as that he would cut off the strength of it, that t...
In that day I will perform against Eli all [things] which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. Ver. 12. _When I begin, I will also make an end._] _Praestabo reip...
_In that day I will perform against Eli_, &c. In that time which I have appointed for this work, which was about twenty or thirty years after this threatening. So long space of repentance God allows t...
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...
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house, the destruction foretold by the prophet, 1 Samuel 2:27; WHEN I BEGIN, I WILL ALSO MAKE AN END, He would both...
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...
WHEN I BEGIN, I WILL ALSO MAKE AN END: _ Heb._ beginning and ending...
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...
IN THAT DAY; in that time which I have appointed for this work, which was about twenty or thirty years after this threatening. So long space of repentance God allows to this wicked generation to make...
1 Samuel 3:12 day H3117 perform H6965 (H8686) Eli H5941 spoken H1696 (H8765) concerning H413 house H1004 beginning...
YHWH'S WORD TO SAMUEL CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF ELI (1 SAMUEL 3:11). It is probable that Samuel had no notion of what the man of God had said to Eli. It was not the kind of thing that Eli would have sh...
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...
_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...
_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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 3:12 ALL THAT I HAVE SPOKEN. See 1 Samuel 2:27....
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 Samuel 2:27; Joshua 23:15; Luke 21:33; Numbers 23:19; Zechariah 1:6
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,...
In that day — In that time which I have appointed for this work, which was about twenty or thirty years after this threatning. So long space of repentance God allows to this wicked generation. When I...