Did Eli correct his sons or not?
PROBLEM: This text informs us that Eli’s sons “made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.” However, in the previous chapter, Eli rebuked his sons for their evil deeds (2:23–24).
SOLUTION: Eli may have reproved his sons too leniently or not soon enough. At any rate, they became so hardened that his attempt here was futile. Whatever efforts he made at discipline here were not effective.
Verse 1 Samuel 3:13. _I WILL JUDGE HIS HOUSE FOR EVER_] I will continue to execute judgments upon it till it is destroyed. _HIS SONS MADE THEMSELVES VILE_] See 1 Samuel 2:12-9; 1
MADE THEMSELVES VILE - Rather, “have cursed themselves,” i. e. brought curses upon themselves. HE RESTRAINED THEM NOT - In the sense of punishing. He did not remove them from their office, which he o...
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...
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _avah._ MADE THEMSELVES VILE. This is one of the eighteen emendations of the _Sopherim,_ on their own confession. See App-33. By omitting one letter they changed this, from. mistake...
_For I have told him_ The Hebrew may be translated either (_a_) AND I HAVE SHEWED HIM THAT I DO JUDGE HIS HOUSE FOR EVER: or (_b_) AND I WILL SHEW HIM THAT I TO JUDGE HIS HOUSE FOR EVER. If the first...
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...
BECAUSE HIS SONS MADE THEMSELVES VILE, &C.— Here we read the crime of Eli, and the sad cause of all his misfortunes. He knew the wickedness of his sons, and, content with chiding them gently, he had n...
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...
_FOR I HAVE TOLD HIM THAT I WILL JUDGE HIS HOUSE FOR EVER FOR THE INIQUITY WHICH HE KNOWETH; BECAUSE HIS SONS MADE THEMSELVES VILE, AND HE RESTRAINED THEM NOT._ I will judge his house - i:e., I will...
3:13 vile, (e-27) Or 'accursed.'...
MADE THEMSELVES VILE] LXX reads 'Because his sons cursed God.' See on 2 Samuel 12:14....
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...
BECAUSE HIS SONS MADE THEMSELVES VILE. — The enormity of the sin of Eli and his house, which was to be so fearfully punished, must be measured by the extent of the mischief it worked; well-nigh all Is...
וְ הִגַּ֣דְתִּי לֹ֔ו כִּֽי ־שֹׁפֵ֥ט אֲנִ֛י אֶ
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...
Wickedly. Septuagint, "were cursing God." This is one of the places which the Jews have corrected. (Du Hamel) --- Judge; or condemn and punish, Proverbs xix. 29. (Calmet) --- Chastise them, not in wor...
(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...
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FOR I HAVE TOLD HIM THAT I WILL JUDGE HIS HOUSE FOR EVER,.... That is, bring his judgments upon them, which should continue on them to their utter destruction; this, as to the substance, he said befor...
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. Ver. 13. _For I have told him._] And he...
_For the iniquity which he knoweth_ Here we see the crime of Eli, and cause of all the awful judgments executed on his house. He knew the wickedness of his sons: the man of God told him of it: he hear...
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 PROPHECY AGAINST ELI...
For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knoweth, punish him and his entire family on account of the transgression of his sons, of whose guilt he had become a...
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...
FOR I HAVE TOLD HIM: Or, and I will tell him, etc. VILE: Or, accurse RESTRAINED THEM NOT: _ Heb._ frowned not upon them...
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...
I WILL JUDGE, i.e. condemn and punish or destroy, as the word _judge_ is oft used, as GENESIS 15:14 1 THESSALONIANS 3:18, 1 THESSALONIANS 16:11. HIS HOUSE; his children and poster
1 Samuel 3:13 told H5046 (H8689) judge H8199 (H8802) house H1004 forever H5704 H5769 iniquity H5771 knows...
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 3:13 It was at Shiloh that Eli spent his years. Tranquil and busy, and in the main, honourable years they were. Shiloh was well-fitted to be the seat of ecclesiastical rule, lying as it did w...
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...
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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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1 John 3:20; 1 Kings 1:6; 1 Kings 2:44; 1 Samuel 2:23; 1 Samuel 2:27;
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Restrained them not — He contented himself with a cold reproof, and did not punish, and effectually restrain them. They who can, and do not restrain others from sin, make themselves partakers of the g...