Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 3:7
Did not yet know the Lord - i. e. in His supernatural communication, as follows at the end of the verse. The text rendering of this verse is better than that of the margin.
Did not yet know the Lord - i. e. in His supernatural communication, as follows at the end of the verse. The text rendering of this verse is better than that of the margin.
Verse 1 Samuel 3:7. _SAMUEL DID NOT YET KNOW THE LORD_] He had not been accustomed to receive any revelation from him. He _knew_ and _worshipped_ the God of Israel; but he did not know him as communic...
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
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....
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...
_Now Samuel_, &c. This verse explains why Samuel failed to recognise the Voice. -Knowing the Lord" here denotes not the general religious knowledge of a pious Israelite, but the special knowledge comm...
NOW SAMUEL DID NOT YET KNOW THE LORD— The second clause in this verse explains the first: Samuel was not yet instructed in the will of GOD as a prophet; he had not yet received any immediate revelatio...
_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...
_NOW SAMUEL DID NOT YET KNOW THE LORD, NEITHER WAS THE WORD OF THE LORD YET REVEALED UNTO HIM._ Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord - i:e., by the extraordinary prophetic revelations of His Spirit....
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...
וּ שְׁמוּאֵ֕ל טֶ֖רֶם יָדַ֣ע אֶת ־יְהוָ֑ה וְ
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...
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...
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...
Now Samuel did not yet know (f) the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. (f) By vision....
_Him. He had not before an experimental knowledge of the manner in which God revealed his will to men. (Calmet)_...
(6) And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. (7) Now Samuel did not...
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...
NOW SAMUEL DID NOT YET KNOW THE LORD,.... He knew that Jehovah, the God of Israel, was the true God; he had spiritual knowledge of him, and knew somewhat of his word and worship, ways and ordinances,...
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. Ver. 7. _Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord,_] _i.e., _ He knew him not in that way peculiar to prophet...
_Samuel did not yet know the Lord_ How God was wont to teach and instruct men in his will. _Neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him_ He was not acquainted with the way wherein God made hi...
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...
THE LORD REVEALS HIMSELF TO SAMUEL...
Now, Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the Word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. This is added by way of explanation. Samuel did not yet possess the special, direct knowledge of God, for...
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...
NOW SAMUEL DID NOT YET KNOW THE LORD, NEITHER WAS THE WORD OF THE LORD YET REVEALED UNTO HIM: Or, thus did Samuel, before he knew the LORD; and before the word of the LORD was revealed unto him...
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...
Either, first, He was not acquainted with God in that extraordinary or prophetical way. Or rather, secondly, He did not yet understand, any more than before, that it was not Eli, but God, who spake to...
1 Samuel 3:7 Samuel H8050 yet H2962 know H3045 (H8804) LORD H3068 word H1697 LORD H3068 revealed H1540 ...
SAMUEL WAS NOT AS YET USED TO HEARING THE WORD OF YHWH (1 SAMUEL 3:7) 1 Samuel 3:7 ‘ Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, nor was the word of YHWH yet revealed to him.' We are now given the reason for...
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...
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...
_Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him._ EARLY RELIGIOUS IMPRESSIONS A study of this story will show parents and teachers much which ought to b...
_Then the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I._ THE CHILD SAMUEL “Child” is not a precise equivalent for the Hebrew word so rendered, which is considerably wider in meaning, and includes a...
_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...
_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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 3:7 SAMUEL DID NOT YET KNOW THE LORD in a personal relationship, though of course he knew _about_ him....
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...
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...
Acts 19:2; Jeremiah 9:24...
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,...
Did not know — He was not acquainted with God in that extraordinary or prophetical way. And this ignorance of Samuel's served God's design, that his simplicity might give Eli the better assurance of t...