1 Samuel 3:15

15 Y Samuel estuvo acostado hasta la mañana, y abrió las puertas de la casa del SEÑOR. Y Samuel temía descubrir la visión a Elí

1 Samuel 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 3:15

And Samuel lay until the morning
It is not said he slept; it can hardly be thought he should, when it is considered what a new, strange, and uncommon thing had befallen him; what honour had been conferred on him a child, that the Lord should vouchsafe to speak and communicate his mind to him, and what dreadful things were said of Eli's family; all which must greatly affect his mind, and keep him waking: however, he lay musing thereon until morning, and then arose,

and opened the doors of the house of the Lord;
as he had used to do, and which was the business of the Levites; though he had been so highly honoured, he was not elated with it, nor thought himself above so low and mean an employment in the house of God; nor did he run to Eli or others, boasting of what he had met with that night, but modestly and carefully attended to what was his common and constant employment every morning:

and Samuel feared to show Eli the vision;
the vision of prophecy, as the Targum; what God had foretold should befall him and his family, lest he should be grieved on more accounts than one; partly because he, an old man, an high priest, and judge of Israel, was overlooked and neglected, and the prophecy was delivered to a child, and not to him; and partly because of the sad things that should come upon his family.

1 Samuel 3:15 In-Context

13 Y le mostraré que yo juzgaré su casa para siempre, por la iniquidad que él sabe; porque sus hijos se han envilecido, y él no los ha refrenado

14 Y por tanto yo he jurado a la casa de Elí, que la iniquidad de la casa de Elí no será reconciliada jamás, ni con sacrificios ni con presentes

15 Y Samuel estuvo acostado hasta la mañana, y abrió las puertas de la casa del SEÑOR. Y Samuel temía descubrir la visión a Elí

16 Llamando, pues, Elí a Samuel, le dijo: Hijo mío, Samuel. Y él respondió: Heme aquí

17 Y dijo: ¿Qué es la palabra que te habló el SEÑOR? Te ruego que no me la encubras. Así te haga Dios y así te añada, si me encubrieres palabra de todo lo que habló contigo