1 Samuel 3:20-4:1 NIV

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

Chapter 3Chapter three,The child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious [or scarce] in those days; there was no open vision. [God just wasn't speaking to man.] And it came to pass, when Eli would lie down in bed at night,... Samuel went into his bedroom; And Samuel heard a voice calling him, and he said, Here am I. And he ran into Eli, and he said, Did you call me? And Eli said, No, I didn't call you; go back to bed. Samuel went back to bed again. And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 3:1-21

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 of God went out in the temple. Of the seven lamps in the great candlestick, six, it is said, were extinguished when the priests retired to sleep. 1 Samuel 3:13 . He restrained them not. Had he expelled them from the sanctuary, the awful course of crimes had been stayed, and the punishment had... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 3:20-21

1 Samuel 3:20-21And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.From Dan to Beer-shebaThat is to say, from Plymouth to Aberdeen--all the people in the towns and villages of Israel knew that there was come a new thing on the earth, that God was now speaking by the mouth of a little child. One of the first lessons which comes from the study of this story is, that bad men and bad things are doomed. Nothing can keep alive that which God has... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:20

1Sa 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel [was] established [to be] a prophet of the LORD. Ver. 20. That Samuel was established. ] Because his words were fulfilled. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 3:20

Dan: Judges 20:1, 2 Samuel 3:10, 2 Samuel 17:11 established: or, faithful, 1 Timothy 1:12 Reciprocal: Genesis 46:1 - Beersheba 1 Samuel 9:6 - all that he saith 1 Samuel 12:2 - I have walked 1 Kings 18:12 - from my youth 1 Chronicles 21:2 - Beersheba Ezekiel 33:33 - when Amos 2:11 - I raised Luke 1:80 - the child Acts 3:24 - Samuel Acts 13:20 - until read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 3:20

And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.From Dan, … — Thro' the whole Land, from the northern bound Dan, to the southern, Beersheba; which was the whole length of the Land. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:20

20. From Dan even to Beer-sheba Dan, elsewhere called also Laish, (Judges 18:29,) was situated about twenty-five miles north of the Sea of Galilee, and Beer-sheba in the south of Palestine, toward the borders of Arabia. These places served to designate the two extremities of the land of Israel. Compare Judges 20:1; 2Sa 3:10 ; 2 Samuel 17:11; 2 Samuel 24:2; 2Sa 24:15 ; 1 Kings 4:25. read more