1 Samuel 3:12-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:11-18

Here is, I. The message which, after all this introduction, God delivered to Samuel concerning Eli's house. God did not come to him now to tell him how great a man he should be in his day, what a figure he should make, and what a blessing he should be in Israel. Young people have commonly a great curiosity to be told their fortune, but God came to Samuel, not to gratify his curiosity, but to employ him in his service and send him on an errand to another person, which was much better; and yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:12

In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house ,.... Or family, that is, by the man of God, 1 Samuel 2:27 as that he would cut off the strength of it, that there should not be an old man in it; and such as remained should be reduced to the utmost poverty and meanness; this shows that that prophecy was antecedent to this, contrary to the sense of some: when I begin, I will also make an end ; not immediately, and at once, but by degrees; he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:13

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever ,.... That is, bring his judgments upon them, which should continue on them to their utter destruction; this, as to the substance, he said before by the man of God: for the iniquity which he knoweth ; for the iniquity of his sons, which he thoroughly informed of, and fully acquainted with by others; and somewhat of which he must have been sensible of, and seen with his own eyes, and therefore was inexcusable: because his sons... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:14

And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli ,.... Either had done this before, which was signified to him by the man of God, or did swear now for the confirmation of his threatenings, and to assure the certain performance of them: that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever : not even typically, which was all that legal sacrifice could do; and not so that the priesthood should ever return to the family again, as the office of high... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:12

I will perform - all things which I have spoken - That is, what He had declared by the prophet, whose message is related 1 Samuel 2:27 , etc. When I begin , I will also make an end - I will not delay the execution of my purpose: when I begin, nothing shall deter me from bringing all my judgments to a conclusion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:13

I will judge his house for ever - I will continue to execute judgments upon it till it is destroyed. His sons made themselves vile - See 1 Samuel 2:12-17 , 1 Samuel 2:22-25 . He restrained them not - He did not use his parental and juridical authority to curb them, and prevent the disorders which they committed. See at the conclusion of the chapter, 1 Samuel 3:21 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:14

Shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering - That is, God was determined that they should be removed by a violent death. They had committed the sin unto death; and no offering or sacrifice could prevent this. What is spoken here relates to their temporal death only. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-18

The old priest and the child prophet. Every imagination must be struck by the contrast between the old man and the child. The more so, that the natural order of things is reversed. Instead of admonition to the child coming through the lips of age, admonition to the aged came through the lips of childhood. 1. THE CHARACTER OF ELI ILLUSTRATED . 1 . His good points. The Lord had ceased to speak to or by Eli; but when the old priest perceived that the Lord had spoken to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:11-14

Privileges and cares. The one great fact here set forth is that God reveals to Samuel— 1 . The judgment impending over the house of Eli, and its reasons. 2 . That Eli had been already informed of its nature. 3 . That the judgment when it comes will cause the most intense consternation in Israel. I. An ENTRANCE ON SUPERIOR PRIVILEGES . Hitherto Samuel had waited on man. Now he is honoured to hear the voice of God, and wait directly on the Divine presence. His... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:12

I will perform. Literally, "I will raise up," i.e. I will excite and stir up into active energy all the denunciations of the man of God ( 1 Samuel 2:27 ), which hitherto have been as it were asleep and at rest. All things which. Better, quite literally, all that I have spoken. When I begin, I will also make an end. In the Hebrew two infinitives used as gerunds, "beginning and ending," i.e. from beginning to end. The Hebrew language constantly thus uses infinitives with great... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:11-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:12

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