1 Samuel 3:15-21 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:11-18

Here is, I. The message which, after all this introduction, God delivered to Samuel concerning Eli's house. God did not come to him now to tell him how great a man he should be in his day, what a figure he should make, and what a blessing he should be in Israel. Young people have commonly a great curiosity to be told their fortune, but God came to Samuel, not to gratify his curiosity, but to employ him in his service and send him on an errand to another person, which was much better; and yet... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:19-21

Samuel being thus brought acquainted with the visions of God, we have here an account of the further honour done him as a prophet. I. God did him honour. Having begun to favour him, he carried on and crowned his own work in him: Samuel grew, for the Lord was with him, 1 Sam. 3:19. All our increase in wisdom and grace is owing to the presence of God with us; this is all in all to our growth. God honoured Samuel, 1. By further manifestations of himself to him. Samuel had faithfully delivered the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:15

And Samuel lay until the morning ,.... It is not said he slept; it can hardly be thought he should, when it is considered what a new, strange, and uncommon thing had befallen him; what honour had been conferred on him a child, that the Lord should vouchsafe to speak and communicate his mind to him, and what dreadful things were said of Eli's family; all which must greatly affect his mind, and keep him waking: however, he lay musing thereon until morning, and then arose: and opened the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:16

Then Eli called Samuel ,.... Perceiving he was risen by the opening of the doors of the tabernacle, which he might hear; and observing he did not come to him as usual, to know whether he wanted anything, and being impatient to hear what was said to him of the Lord: and he said, Samuel, my son ; called him by his name, and in a very tender and affectionate manner, the more to engage him to hasten to him, and thereby also putting him in mind of his filial duty to obey him: and he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:17

And he said, what is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee ?.... The word "Lord" is not in the text, but it is "that it hath said"; the voice that had so often called him in the night, and which yet Eli knew was the voice of the Lord; and as it was, he was sensible there was something of importance said, and he had great reason to believe it respected him and his family; and the rather he might conclude this, by what the man of God had lately said to him, whose words perhaps he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:18

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him ,.... And so approved himself to be a faithful prophet of God, and man of God, as he is afterwards called; the whole counsel of God is to be declared by his servants the prophets, and the ministers of his word; nothing is to be concealed, which it is the will of God should be made known, whether it be pleasing or displeasing to man: and he said, it is the Lord ; that has said it, and there is nothing to be said against it, and that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:19

And Samuel grew ,.... Not only in years and stature, but in grace and goodness, in wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, both with respect to things natural and spiritual, and in esteem, credit, and reputation among men: and the Lord was with him ; he was not only in favour with men, but with God; and had fresh and repeated tokens of the grace and good will of God towards him; he indulged him with his presence, and assisted him in his service, and prospered and succeeded him in all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:20

And all Israel, from Dan even unto Beersheba ,.... That is, from the most northern border of the land of Israel, on which Dan lay, to the utmost border of it southward, where Beersheba was, the fame of Samuel for his piety, prudence, and prophecy, was spread abroad; so that all knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord ; or that he was faithful F26 נאמן "fidelis", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version. to God and man, to be credited in what he said; and so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:21

And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh ,.... In the tabernacle there; he had appeared before to Samuel, when he called him, and declared to him what he designed and resolved to do to Eli and his family, and now appeared again to him in the same place before the battle of the Israelites with the Philistines, of which there is an account in the following chapter. Such appearances had not been usual in Shiloh for a long time, but were now renewed and repeated: for the Lord revealed himself to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel feared to show Eli - He reverenced him as a father, and he feared to distress him by showing what the Lord had purposed to do. It does not appear that God had commanded Samuel to deliver this message: he, therefore, did not attempt it till adjured by Eli, 1 Samuel 3:17 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:11-18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:19-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 3:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:15

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