1 Samuel 3:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. ”

1 Samuel 3:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A personal presence, not a mere voice, or impression upon Samuel’s mind, is here distinctly indicated. (Compare Genesis 12:7 note; Revelation 1:1 ; Revelation 22:16 .)
1 Samuel 3:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 3:1-10 . Call of Samuel. 1 Samuel 3:1 . child: na-' ar, anything fr...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Samuel, Samuel . Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6. See note on Genesis 22:11 for the ten reduplications.
1 Samuel 3:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. The Lord came, and stood - He heard the voice as if it was approachin...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord came, and stood, &c.— These last words, which are the same as those used in the history of Balaam, Numbers 22:22 ; Numbers 23:30 are employed to denote some appearance; and, therefo...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. The Lord came, and stood. In the previous calls the voice app...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Call of Samuel 1. Precious] RM, 'rare': see Isaiah 13:12 . There was no prophet then. Open ] rather, 'published, widely announced': cp. 2 Chronicles 31:5 .
1 Samuel 3:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the Lord came, and stood. — Then before the boy, as he lay and waited for the voice, came something, and it stood before him. The question naturally occurs to us, What came and stood befo...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V. SAMUEL'S VISION. 1 Samuel 3:1-21 . IT is evident that Samuel must have taken very kindly to the duties of the sanctuary. He was manifestly one of those who are sanctified from in- f...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Message through a Child 1 Samuel 3:10-21 It was a heavy burden that the young boy had to carry. To remind Eli of his sons' shameful sin; to reprove him for his neglect; to utter a judgment wh...
1 Samuel 3:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 re...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. (10) And the L...
1 Samuel 3:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord came, and stood ,.... At the place where Samuel lay; either there was, as Kimchi, a form before his eyes in the vision of prophecy, some visible corporeal shape assumed; or a bright spl...
1 Samuel 3:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. Ver. 10. And the Lord came, and stood. ] In some visible shape, ei...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord came and stood , &c. Before, the Lord spake to him at a distance, even from the holy oracle between the cherubim: but now, to prevent all further mistake, the voice came near to him, as...
1 Samuel 3:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Call of Samuel. B. C. 1128. 1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the L ORD before...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Lord came ; before, he spake to him at a distance, even from the holy oracle between the cherubims; but now, to prevent all further mistakes, the voice came near to him, as if the person speakin...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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

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...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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. Mar...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 3:1 . No open vision; that is, no distinguished prophets in all the land; one of the great calamities which Amos denounced against Israel: 1 Samuel 8:12 . 1 Samuel 3:3 . Ere the lamp...
1 Samuel 3:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. The child prophet This white flower blossomed on a dunghill. The continuous growth of a character, from a child serving God, and to old...
1 Samuel 3:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE CALL OF SAMUEL ( 1 Samuel 3:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 3:1 The word of the Lord was precious in those days . Or rather rare ; it came but seldom, and there was no proper or...
1 Samuel 3:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Reveals Himself to Samuel
1 Samuel 3:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3:4-6 ; 1 Samuel 3:8
1 Samuel 3:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 3:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Came and stood — Before, he spake to him at a distance, even from the holy oracle between the cherubim: but now, to prevent all farther mistake, the voice came near to him, as if the person speakin...

1 Samuel 3:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

1 Samuel 3:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 3:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 3:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 3:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

1 Samuel 3:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 3:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 3:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 3:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 3:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 3:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 3:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 3:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 3:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 3:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 3:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

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

1 Samuel 3:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 3:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 3:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 3:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 3:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 3:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 3:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes