1 Samuel 3:12-14 NIV

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 3:14

3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for {i} ever.(i) Meaning that his posterity would never enjoy the chief priests office. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Again the contrast in the child Samuel to what goes before is emphasized: he ministered to the Lord before Eli. Eli witnessed his simple faithfulness to the Lord; but while he no doubt appreciated it it had no effect of stirring Eli to more wholehearted obedience. At this time the Word of the Lord was rare: conditions were such that the Lord did not reveal Himself as He had done to Moses, Joshua and some of the Judges. Verse 21 shows however, that Samuel became the one exception. Samuel's... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

ELI ’S DEATH ; THE LOSS OF THE ARK GOD SPEAKS TO SAMUEL (1 Samuel 3:0 ) “The word of the Lord was precious [or rare] in those days” (1 Samuel 3:1 ) is introductory to the record that it was now heard in the case of Samuel. It was Israel’s sin that hid God’s face from them and caused His voice to be silent so long only twice heard during the period of the Judges (Judges 4:4 ; Judges 6:8 ) but He was again to be gracious unto them in this respect, and a new epoch was to open in their... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Samuel 3:1-18

The House of Eli Overthrown 1Sa 2:33 ; 1Sa 3:18 WE have seen that Hophni and Phinehas were corrupt men, and that as a consequence the people abhorred the offering of the Lord. We have discoursed upon the doctrine that bad priests make bad people. We now come to the divine visitation of priestly unfaithfulness. Once and again we are permitted to see with startling vividness the Hand which rules, and in which is the rod of power. Now and again God puts aside all ministries and mediations, and... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Samuel 3:11-14

1Sa 3:11-14 "And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end [completing it]. For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. And therefore I have sworn unto the house of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:11-14

(11) ¶ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle. (12) In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. (13) For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. (14) And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:12

House, by the prophet, chap. ii. 27. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:13

Wickedly. Septuagint, "were cursing God." This is one of the places which the Jews have corrected. (Du Hamel) --- Judge; or condemn and punish, Proverbs xix. 29. (Calmet) --- Chastise them, not in words only, or in a soft manner, as he had done. Hebrew, "because his sons made themselves despicable, and he did not frown upon them." (Haydock) --- Ciha denotes, to correct with a wrinkled face. (Menochius) --- Aquila, "he did not look black at them," nor avert his eyes with horror. All this... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:14

Sworn. We read not of an express oath; (Calmet) but the denunciation of God was equivalent. (Haydock) --- Iniquity, or punishment. Nothing could withhold the indignation of the Lord, in correcting the sinner, though he would shew mercy eternally to the penitent. But he saw the obstinacy of these priests, and their unhappy end. The sacrifices of the old law always presupposed suitable internal sentiments, to grant the remission of sin; and even for the avoiding of the legal punishments, they... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:11-18

11-18 What a great deal of guilt and corruption is there in us, concerning which we may say, It is the iniquity which our own heart knoweth; we are conscious to ourselves of it! Those who do not restrain the sins of others, when it is in their power to do it, make themselves partakers of the guilt, and will be charged as joining in it. In his remarkable answer to this awful sentence, Eli acknowledged that the Lord had a right to do as he saw good, being assured that he would do nothing wrong.... read more

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 3:14

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Samuel 3:1-18

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Samuel 3:11-14

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:11-14

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:12

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:13

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:14

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:11-18

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