1 Samuel 2:26
(Nowe the childe Samuel profited and grewe, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men)
Geneva Bible 1599
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
Cross References
Genesis 39:4So Ioseph founde fauour in his sight, and serued him: and he made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand.
1 Samuel 2:21And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceiued, and bare three sonnes, and two daughters. And the childe Samuel grewe before the Lord.
Proverbs 3:3Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Luke 1:80And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wildernesse, til the day came that he should shewe him selfe vnto Israel.
Luke 2:52And Iesus increased in wisedome, and stature, and in fauour with God and men.
Romans 14:18For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ, is acceptable vnto God, and is approoued of 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 →