1 Samuel 2:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. ”

1 Samuel 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Girded with a linen ephod - This was the usual dress of the priests. It does not appear whether Levites wore an ephod properly. Possibly it was a mark of Samuel’s special dedication to the Lord’s...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel's Ministry; his Mother's Yearly Gift; her Other Children. 1 Samuel 2:18 . ephod: priestly garment (p. 101, Exodus 25:7 ; cf. Exodus 25:28 ). 1 Samuel 2:20 . blessed. said. went: used...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a linen ephod . Not the High Priest's, but. simple linen robe of the ordinary priests and Levites and others. Samaritan Pentateuch 1 Samuel 22:18 ; 2 Samuel 6:14 , Compare Exodus 28:42 . Leviticu...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. Girded with a linen ephod - This the Targum translates אסיר כרדוט דבוץ asir cardut debuts, "Girded with a cardit of...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Girded with a linen ephod— As the birth, appointment, and ministry of Samuel were extraordinary, he was therefore indulged with an extraordinary dress. Schachus conjectures, that from hence was der...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child. This break in the historical notice of Eli's sons was ma...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hannah's Song of Thanksgiving. The Sin of Eli's Sons 1-10. The Song of Hannah. This beautiful poem has been well called the 'Magnificat of the Old Testament.' The song of the Virgin Mary ( Luke 1...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11-36) The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary — The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli — The Doom of the House of Ithamar.
1 Samuel 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER IV. ELI'S HOUSE. 1 Samuel 2:11-36 . THE notices of little Samuel, that alternate in this passage with the sad accounts of Eli and his house, are like the green spots that vary the dull...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Growing before the Lord 1 Samuel 2:12-21 Not only were Eli's sons strangers to the power of religion in the heart, but they had gone to great lengths of profligacy. They had seized on a larger...
1 Samuel 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have the record of the song of triumph sung by Hannah, in which she set forth the might and justice of Jehovah. Thus, in the dark and troublous times, Jehovah is seen acting toward deliverance, by...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(18) But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. (19) Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with h...
1 Samuel 2:18 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND ON THAT’ ‘Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.… And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.’ 1 S...
1 Samuel 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Samuel ministered before the Lord ,.... The ministration of Samuel, though a child, is observed both before and after the account of the ill behaviour and wickedness of Eli's sons; partly to the...
1 Samuel 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod. Ver. 18. But Samuel ministered before the Lord. ] He did some small charges, as setting up lights, laying up vest...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But Samuel ministered before the Lord Though he was very young, yet he carefully and faithfully performed such offices in God's tabernacle as he was capable of discharging, and did not follow the b...
1 Samuel 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The rejoicing prayer of Hannah is now uttered AFTER she has given up her child. The prayer of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, reminds us of this one, though hers was spoken before he child was bo...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samuel in the Sanctuary; The Wickedness of Eli's Sons. B. C. 1130. 11 And Elkanah went...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ministered, i.e. performed his ministration carefully and faithfully, not corrupting nor abusing it, as Eli's sons did. Before the Lord; in God's tabernacle; or as in God's presence, sincerely an...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Contrasting Behaviour Of Samuel and His Family ( 1 Samuel 2:18-21 ). In total contrast the young Samuel, dressed similarly to a priest even though still a child, ministered before YHWH, and co...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 2:18 . “But.” The Levite-child is contrasted with the grown-up priest” (Wordsworth) . “Ephod.” “It does not appear whether the Levites wore the ephod...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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,...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 2:1 . Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth. This song is much admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, an...
1 Samuel 2:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

But Samuel ministered before the Lord. Early piety I. the mother’s devotion. II. Samuel’s early piety. 1. It arose first from a mother’s piety. It was the mother’s act by means of which a...
1 Samuel 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SAMUEL 'S MINISTRATIONS AT SHILOH ( 1 Samuel 2:11-9 ). 1 Samuel 2:11 The child did minister. Left by his parents at Shiloh, Samuel ministered unto the Lord; that is, ce...
1 Samuel 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod, a garment for the shoulders patterned after the ephod of the high priest, worn by all priests as a sign of their calli...
1 Samuel 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:11 ; 1 Samuel 22:18 ; 1 Samuel 3:1 ; 2 Samuel 6:14 ; Exodus 28:4 ; Leviticus 8:7
1 Samuel 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ministered — That is, performed his ministration carefully and faithfully. Before the Lord — In God's tabernacle. Ephod — A garment used in God's service, and allowed not only to the inferior pries...

1 Samuel 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 2:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 2:18 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 2:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 2:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes