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1 Samuel 3:7-17

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7 1Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him.
8 So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy.
9 And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.' " So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening."
11 The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, 2I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
12 "In that day 3I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
13 "For 4I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever * for 5the iniquity which he knew, because 6his sons brought a curse on themselves and 7he did not rebuke them.
14 "Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that 8the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever *."
15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he 9opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to tell 10the vision to Eli.
16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."
17 He said, "What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. 11May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you."
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1 Samuel 3:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 3

This chapter gives an account of the Lord's calling to Samuel in the night season, which he first took for the voice of Eli, but being instructed by him, made answer to the voice, 1Sa 3:1-10, and of a message sent from him by Samuel to Eli, foretelling the destruction of his family, 1Sa 3:11-14 and of the delivery of it to him, which Samuel was first fearful of doing, but, encouraged by Eli, he delivered it to him, to which he patiently submitted, 1Sa 3:15-18 and the chapter is closed with the establishment of Samuel as a prophet of the Lord, who continued to appear and reveal himself to him, 1Sa 3:19-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. Acts 19:2; 1 Corinthians 13:11
  • 2. 2 Kings 21:12; Jeremiah 19:3
  • 3. 1 Samuel 2:27-36
  • 4. 1 Samuel 2:29-31
  • 5. 1 Samuel 2:22
  • 6. 1 Sam 2:12, 17, 22
  • 7. Deuteronomy 17:12; Deuteronomy 21:18
  • 8. Leviticus 15:31; Isaiah 22:14
  • 9. 1 Chronicles 15:23
  • 10. 1 Samuel 3:10
  • 11. 2 Samuel 3:35
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