1 Samuel 3:1
Nowe the childe Samuel ministred vnto the Lord before Eli: and the word of the Lord was precious in those dayes: for there was no manifest vision.
Geneva Bible 1599
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In Context
2And at that time, as Eli lay in his place, his eyes began to waxe dimme that he could not see.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:18Now Samuel being a yong childe ministred before the Lord, girded with a linen Ephod.
1 Samuel 3:21And the Lord appeared againe in Shiloh: for the Lord reueiled himselfe to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.
Isaiah 13:12I will make a man more precious then fine golde, euen a man aboue the wedge of golde 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 →