1 Samuel 3:1

And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

2And it came to pass at that time that Eli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:18And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:21And the Lord manifested himself again in Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Eli was very old, and his sons kept advancing in wickedness, and their way was evil before the Lord.

Isaiah 13:12And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Ophir.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:1

In the foregoing chapter we had Samuel a young priest, though by birth a Levite only, for he ministered before the Lord in a linen ephod; in this chapter we have him a young prophet, which was more, God in an extraordinary manner revealing himself to him, and in him reviving, if not commencing, prophecy in Israel. Here is, I. God's first manifestation of himself in an extraordinary manner to Samuel, ver. 1-10 . II. The message he sent by him to Eli, ver. 11-14 . III. The faithful delivery of that message to Eli,… Read the whole commentary →

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