1 Samuel 2:26

But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.

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In The King James Version

And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.

In Context

25If a man has sinned against a man, God may be able to be appeased over him. But if a man has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, that the Lord was willing to kill them.

27Then a man of God went to Eli, and he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Was I not revealed openly to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?

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Cross References

Genesis 39:4And Joseph found favor in the sight of his lord, and he ministered to him. And, having been placed in charge of everything by him, he governed the house that was entrusted to him and all the things that had been delivered to him.

1 Samuel 2:21Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord.

Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth abandon you: encircle them around your throat, and inscribe them on the tablets of your heart.

Luke 1:80And the child grew, and he was strengthened in spirit. And he was in the wilderness, until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Luke 2:52And Jesus advanced in wisdom, and in age, and in grace, with God and men.

Romans 14:18For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:12-27

Samuel in the Sanctuary; The Wickedness of Eli's Sons. ( b. c. 1130.) 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord . 13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the… Read the whole commentary →

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