11. Shall tingle With horror and alarm. As a loud, sharp, discordant note thrills one’s ears with pain, so the bitter tidings of Israel’s woe in the judgment about to fall on Eli’s house would shock all Israel. Compare the similar use of this proverbial saying in 2 Kings 21:12; Jeremiah 19:3. read more
12. All… I have spoken In the message recorded 1 Samuel 2:27-36. Begin… make an end That is, commencing and finishing all. I will execute what I have spoken against Eli’s house completely from beginning to end. read more
15. Doors of the house “Originally, when the tabernacle was simply a tent, travelling with the people from place to place, it had only curtains at the entrance to the holy place and court. But when Israel had become possessed of fixed houses in the land of Canaan, and the dwelling-place of God was permanently erected at Shiloh, instead of the tents that were pitched for the priests and Levites, who encamped round about during the journey through the desert, there were erected fixed houses,... read more
17, 18. What is the thing that… said unto thee It will be observed that the English version supplies the words the LORD, but in his question Eli seems to have intentionally omitted the subject of the verb said. His words imply that he himself was uncertain who had called Samuel. He was doubtless strongly persuaded that it was Jehovah, for this had been his conviction when the child came to him the third time, (1 Samuel 3:8,) but not until Samuel had told him every whit, (1 Samuel 3:18... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 3:10
10. The Lord came, and stood From 1 Samuel 3:15 we learn that Samuel beheld a vision as well as heard a voice, and, therefore, it is most natural to understand the words came and stood as designating a visible appearance. God was not only personally but visibly there, either in human form (Genesis 18:2; Genesis 18:33; Joshua 5:13-15) or in some angelic or surprising manifestation. Exodus 3:2-6. Hitherto Samuel had seen nothing, but had only heard the voice. Thrice the voice had... read more