1 Samuel 3:15

And Samuel lay until the morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh,—but, Samuel, feared to tell the appearing, unto Eli.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

In Context

14And therefore have I sworn, respecting the house of Eli,—that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall receive no propitiatory-covering, by sacrifice or by present, unto times age-abiding.

16So Eli called Samuel, and said—Samuel! my son. And he said—Behold me!

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:9And Hannah rose up, after she had eaten in Shiloh, and after she had drunk,—and, Eli the priest, was sitting upon his chair, by the door-post of the temple of Yahweh;

Malachi 1:10Who is there, even among you, that will shut the doors, so as not to set light to mine altar, for nothing? I can take no pleasure in you, saith Yahweh of hosts, and, your present, can I not accept at your hand.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 3:12-19

Eli and His House Threatened. ( b. c. 1128.) 11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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