And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD (a) before Eli. And the word of the LORD was (b) precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.
(a) The Chaldee text reads "while Eli lived".
(b) Because there were very few prophets to declare it.
CHAPTER III _Samuel ministers to the Lord before Eli,_ 1. _He is thrice called by the Lord; who informs him of the evils_ _which shall be brought on the house of Eli_, 2-15. _Eli inquires of Samue...
See the margin reference note. Josephus says that Samuel’s call to the prophetic office happened when he had just completed his twelfth year (compare Luke 2:42). WAS PRECIOUS - (or rare) The song of H...
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....
CHILD. youth. Hebrew. _na'ar._ THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. WAS. had come to be. PRECIOUS. Hebrew. _yakar_. heavy (in price). Note the five precious things in Old. Testament: the word of God...
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...
THE CHILD SAMUEL MINISTERED UNTO THE LORD— That is, he performed in the tabernacle the services whereof he was capable, for the assistance and under the direction of Eli. Josephus supposes that he was...
_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...
_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._ The child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. His mi...
3:1 frequent. (c-24) Or 'was not published,' lit. 'spread.' see 2 Chronicles 31:5...
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...
THE CHILD SAMUEL MINISTERED UNTO THE LORD. — The writer of this history, although well aware of the great revolution accomplished in Israel by the prophet whose life and work the Holy Spirit bade him...
וְ הַ נַּ֧עַר שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל מְשָׁרֵ֥ת אֶת ־יְהוָ
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...
Before. Chaldean, "in the days of Heli." The young Levite slept in an adjoining chamber, to wait on the high priest, not far from the sanctuary. --- Precious; that is, rare: (Challoner) as such things...
CONTENTS In this Chapter we have related to us the call of Samuel, in an extraordinary manifestation of the Lord to him by night in the temple. What the Lord said to him; his fear of communicating it...
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...
_GOD’S VOICE_ ‘The word of the Lord was precious in those days.’ 1 Samuel 3:1 Where we read of ‘the word of the Lord’ being precious in those days, it means that God revealed Himself but rarely to...
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 THE CHILD SAMUEL MINISTERED UNTO THE LORD BEFORE ELI,.... Under his direction and instruction; the Targum is, in the life of Eli, and in such parts of service, relating to the tabernacle of the Lo...
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. Ver. 1. _And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord befor...
1 Sam. 3:1. Henry _in loc_., "There." From this time it began to be otherwise. There was "open vision." "And all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of...
_The child Samuel ministered before Eli_ That is, under his inspection and direction. _The word of the Lord was precious_ That is, the word of prophecy, or the revelation of God's will to and by the p...
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...
And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli, as a special servant of the Sanctuary, under the immediate direction of the high priest. AND THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS PRECIOUS IN THOSE DAYS,...
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...
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...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 3 The Lord calleth Samuel three times; he knows not God's voice, but thinks it to be Eli who calls him; runs to him, who instructs him, 1 SAMUEL 3:1. At the fourth call he answers, 1...
1 Samuel 3:1 boy H5288 Samuel H8050 ministered H8334 (H8764) LORD H3068 before H6440 Eli H5941 word H1697 LORD...
THE CONTINUED FAITHFULNESS OF SAMUEL (1 SAMUEL 3:1 A). Meanwhile, while all this is going on, Samuel continues on in his faithful service of YHWH without wavering. Samuel stands out like a shining li...
THE WORD Or, a word from the LORD was unusual in those days; there was no public vision....
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...
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...
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...
_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 3:1 THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS RARE IN THOSE DAYS in Israel (1 Samuel 3:1), but that is about to change, as the Lor
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...
1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 3:15; 1 Samuel 3:21; Amos 8:11;...
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,...
Before Eli — That is, under his inspection and direction. Word — The word of prophecy, or the revelation of God's will to and by the prophets. Precious — Rare or scarce, such things being most preciou...