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

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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 from a baby to a man of forty. precious... open, rather rare. frequent (mg.).

1 Samuel 3:2. in the temple, etc.: Samuel slept in the shrine where the Ark was, in order to protect it. Contrast this with the later arrangement which placed the Ark in the Holy of Holies, only entered by the high priest one day in the year. temple: a building, not a tent; note the door in 1 Samuel 3:15.

1 Samuel 3:3. ark: -' aron. Ark in Noah's ark and the ark in the bulrushes is tebhah.

1 Samuel 3:4; 1 Samuel 3:6. Samuel: LXX Samuel, Samuel, as in 1 Samuel 3:10.

1 Samuel 3:7. know the Lord: explained by the rest of the verse.

1 Samuel 3:10. came and stood: the writer is still in the primitive stage in which God is thought of as a glorified man.

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1 Samuel 3:1-10

1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

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 yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

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