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1And 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.

1 Samuel 3:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Amos 8:11-12

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: …

  • Psalms 74:9

    We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

  • 1 Samuel 3:21

    And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

  • 1 Samuel 2:11

    And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

  • 1 Samuel 2:18

    But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

To make way for the account of God’s revealing himself first to Samuel, we are here told, 1. How industrious Samuel was in serving God, according as his place and capacity were (1 Sam. 3:1): The child Samuel , though but a child, ministered unto the Lord before Eli . It was an aggravation of the wickedness of Eli’s sons that the child Samuel shamed them. They rebelled against the Lord, but Samuel…

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