1 Samuel 3:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. ”

1 Samuel 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Did not yet know the Lord - i. e. in His supernatural communication, as follows at the end of the verse. The text rendering of this verse is better than that of the margin.
1 Samuel 3:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now Samuel did not yet know (f) the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. (f) By vision.
1 Samuel 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. Samuel did not yet know the Lord - He had not been accustomed to receive any revelation from him. He knew...
1 Samuel 3:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord— The second clause in this verse explains the first: Samuel was not yet instructed in the will of GOD as a prophet; he had not yet received any immediate revela...
1 Samuel 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord - i:e., by the extraordinary prophetic revelations of His Sp...
1 Samuel 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 t...
1 Samuel 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. (7) Now Samuel did not...
1 Samuel 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord ,.... He knew that Jehovah, the God of Israel, was the true God; he had spiritual knowledge of him, and knew somewhat of his word and worship, ways and ordinance...
1 Samuel 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. Ver. 7. Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, ] i.e., He knew him not in that way peculiar to proph...
1 Samuel 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Samuel did not yet know the Lord How God was wont to teach and instruct men in his will. Neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him He was not acquainted with the way wherein God made h...
1 Samuel 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either, first, He was not acquainted with God in that extraordinary or prophetical way. Or rather, secondly, He did not yet understand, any more than before, that it was not Eli, but God, who spake t...
1 Samuel 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Samuel Was Not As Yet Used To Hearing The Word Of YHWH ( 1 Samuel 3:7 ) 1 Samuel 3:7 ‘ Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, nor was the word of YHWH yet revealed to him.' We are now given the r...
1 Samuel 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Reveals Himself to Samuel
1 Samuel 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 19:2 ; Jeremiah 9:24
1 Samuel 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Did not know — He was not acquainted with God in that extraordinary or prophetical way. And this ignorance of Samuel's served God's design, that his simplicity might give Eli the better assurance o...

1 Samuel 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 3:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 3:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 3:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes