Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3

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1 Samuel 3 . 1 , How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel; 1 Samuel 3 . 11 , God tells Samuel the destruction of Eli’s house; 1 Samuel 3 . 15 , Samuel , though loath , tells Eli the vision; 1 Samuel 3 . 19 , Samuel grows in credit.

1 Samuel 3:1

And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.

1 Samuel 3:1 · BSB

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the word5 parallels

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1 Samuel 3:2

And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

1 Samuel 3:2 · BSB

his eyes6 parallels

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1 Samuel 3:3

Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.

1 Samuel 3:3 · BSB

the lamp6 parallels

the temple4 parallels

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ere Before sun-rise . for it is probable the lamps were extinguished before the rising of the sun; see the parallel passages.

1 Samuel 3:4

Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 3:4 · BSB

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1 Samuel 3:6

Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”

1 Samuel 3:6 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

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1 Samuel 3:7

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.

1 Samuel 3:7 · BSB

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Samuel was not destitute of the knowledge of God , in that sense which implies the total absence of true piety , as Eli's sons were; for he knew and worshipped the God of Israel , but he did not know him as communicating special revelations of his will to him , in the manner in which he made it known to the prophets

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Now Samuel Or , Thus did Samuel before he knew the Lord , and before the word of the Lord was revealed unto him.

1 Samuel 3:8

Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 3:8 · BSB

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  • Job 33:14
  • Job 33:15 although Samuel did not apprehend the way in which God reveals himself to his servants the prophets . by the "still small voice" . yet when this direct communication from the Almighty was made the third time , in a way altogether new and strange to him , it seems astonishing that he did not immediately apprehend. Perhaps he would have been sooner aware of a divine revelation , had it come in a dream or a vision. Those who have the greatest knowledge of divine things , should remember the time when they were as babes , unskilful in the word of righteousness
  • 1 Corinthians 13:11
  • 1 Corinthians 13:12

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1 Samuel 3:9

“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:9 · BSB

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1 Samuel 3:10

Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

1 Samuel 3:10 · BSB

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  • 1 Samuel 3:4-6
  • 1 Samuel 3:8 Samuel did not now rise and run as before , when thought he Eli called , but lay still and listened. All must be silent , when God speaks. Observe , however , Samuel in his reply left out one word . he did not say , Speak , Lord , but only Speak , for thy servant heareth; perhaps , as Bp. Patrick suggests , out of uncertainty , whether it was God that spake to him or not. However , by this answer way was made for the message he was now to receive , and Samuel was brought acquainted with the words of God and visions of the Almighty

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the Lord came This seems to imply a visible appearance , as well as an audible voice.

1 Samuel 3:11

Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.

1 Samuel 3:11 · BSB

I will do5 parallels

both the ears4 parallels

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1 Samuel 3:12

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.

1 Samuel 3:12 · BSB

I will perform5 parallels

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when I begin etc. Heb. beginning and ending

1 Samuel 3:13

I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

1 Samuel 3:13 · BSB

For I have told him2 parallels

or , And I will tell him , etc

I will4 parallels

which he knoweth3 parallels

his sons4 parallels

restrained them not7 parallels

Heb. frowned not upon them

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vile or , accursed

1 Samuel 3:14

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

1 Samuel 3:14 · BSB

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1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

1 Samuel 3:15 · BSB

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Samuel Samuel reverenced Eli as a father , and feared to distress him by shewing what God had purposed to do. It does not appear that God commanded Samuel to deliver this message; he therefore did not attempt it till adjured by Eli. It might be supposed that Samuel would have been so full of ecstasy as to have forgotten his ordinary service , and run amongst his friends to tell them of the con#### Verse he had with God in the night , but he modestly keeps it to himself. Our secret communion with God is not to be proclaimed on the house-top.

1 Samuel 3:16

but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.

1 Samuel 3:16 · BSB

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1 Samuel 3:17

“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

1 Samuel 3:17 · BSB

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more also Heb. so add

thing or , word

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

1 Samuel 3:18 · BSB

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every whit Heb. all the things , or , words , Whit , or wid , comes from the Anglo-Saxon wiht , which signifies person , thing , etc. . every whit is every thing . equivalent to every jot.

1 Samuel 3:19

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.

1 Samuel 3:19 · BSB

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let none3 parallels

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1 Samuel 3:20

So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

1 Samuel 3:20 · BSB

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established1 parallel

or , faithful

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1 Samuel 3:21

And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.

1 Samuel 3:21 · BSB

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And the Lord Wyyoseph yehowah lehairaoh , "And Jehovah added to appear . " that is , He continued to reveal himself to Samuel at Shiloh.

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