1 Samuel 3:8 KJV,NLT

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Samuel 3:1-14

1 Samuel THE CHILD PROPHET 1Sa_3:1 - 1Sa_3:14 . The opening words of this passage are substantially repeated from 1Sa_2:11 , 1Sa_2:18 . They come as a kind of refrain, contrasting the quiet, continuous growth and holy service of the child Samuel with the black narrative of Eli’s riotous sons. While the hereditary priests were plunging into debauchery, and making men turn away from the Tabernacle services, Hannah’s son was ministering unto the Lord, and, though no priest, was ‘girt with an... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-9

Speak, Lord; for Thy Servant Heareth 1 Samuel 3:1-9 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 mother’s voice, perhaps now silent. This story, which was our favorite then, is hardly less dear to us now that we are well advanced on the pathway toward the home beyond. The dying lamp of the Tabernacle, the glimmering dawn, the silence and awe of the Holy Place were in strict accord with the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

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 recognized that the Voice was the Voice of God speaking to the lad, and he told Samuel to answer for himself. This was the beginning of direct divine communication to him. We have already read that he had ministered before the Lord, and yet that he had not known Him directly until now. This in... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

The Prophet Samuel 1 Samuel 3:1-21 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, from year to year, to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of Hosts in Shiloh. Hannah went also, but she went with a heavy heart. She was in bitterness of soul, and she prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. Then she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of Hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:8-10

YHWH Calls To Samuel Again And The Aged Eli Is Enlightened And Recognises The T1sa (1 Samuel 3:8-10 ). 1 Samuel 3:8 ‘ And YHWH called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” And Eli perceived that YHWH had called the youth.’ Once more YHWH called Samuel’s name, and again he ran to Eli and said, ‘Here I am for you called me’. But this time Eli recognised that something unusual was happening. He recognised that it was YHWH who was... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:1-10

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 3:1-2 Samuel : . Call of Samuel. 1 Samuel 3:1 . child: na’ ar, anything from a baby to a man of forty.— precious. . . open, rather “ rare . . . frequent” ( mg.) . 1 Samuel 3:2. in the temple, etc.: Samuel slept in the shrine where the Ark was, in order to protect it. Contrast this with the later arrangement which placed the Ark in the Holy of Holies, only entered by the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 3:8

He arose and went to Eli; he persists in the same readiness to obey and serve him and was not discouraged or driven from his duty by his double mistake and disappointment. Eli perceived, by the consideration of Samuel’s piety, of the sanctity of the place adjoining, from whence God had oft-times spoken, and of the solitude of the place, where there was no human person besides himself who could or would have called Samuel in that manner. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-10

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 by prophetic announcement to the people; the proper organs were lacking, persons who were filled with the Spirit of the Lord, that they might be witnesses of His word; there was lacking also in the people the living desire for the direct revelations of God in His word” (Lange’s Commentary). “No open... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-10

1 Samuel 3:1-10 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 Luther in his gentler moments dwelt with great tenderness on the boyhood of Samuel. He found in him what he longed to see in his own boys and in all boys. When God called "Samuel, Samuel," he answered at once, "Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth." There we have, as in a nutshell, the history of a... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

1 Samuel 1-4 (with Judges 21:16-25 ) 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 his duty to perfection so long as his duty merely troubles himself, but who has not force of character to interfere with others; to command, to regulate the conduct of others, to incur the ill-will of others. An amiable indolence overspread his whole nature. He was one of the men who have... read more

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Samuel 3:1-14

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-9

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:8-10

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 3:8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

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