1 Samuel 2:26
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with the LORD and also with 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.
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Genesis 39:4Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and Potiphar made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
1 Samuel 2:21The LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before the LORD.
Proverbs 3:3Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Luke 1:80The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Luke 2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Romans 14:18For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by 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 →