1 Samuel 3:1
And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
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In Context
2And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:18Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 3:21And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
Isaiah 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of 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 →