1 Samuel 3:18-19

18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "¹It is the LORD; let Him do what seems good to Him."

19 Thus ²Samuel grew and ³the LORD was with him and ⁴let none * of his words fail *.

1 Samuel 3:18-19 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.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 34:5-7; Leviticus 10:3; Job 2:10; Isaiah 39:8
• 2. 1 Samuel 2:21
• 3. Genesis 21:22; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 39:2
• 4. 1 Samuel 9:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "fall to the ground"