1 Samuel 3:3
ere.Before sun-rise: for it is probable the lamps were extinguished before the rising of the sun; see the Parallel Passages. the lamp.Ex 27:20,21; 30:7,8; Le 24:2-4; 2Ch 13:11the temple.1:6; Ps 5:7; 27:4; 29:91 Samuel 3:15
opened.1:9; Mal 1:10Samuel.Samuel reverenced Eli as a father, and feared to distress him by shewing what God had purposed to do. It does not appear that God commanded Samuel to deliver this message; he therefore did not attempt it till adjured by Eli. It might be supposed that Samuel would have been so full of ecstasy as to have forgotten his ordinary service, and run amongst his friends to tell them of the converse he had with God in the night: but he modestly keeps it to himself. Our secret communion with God is not to be proclaimed on the house-top. feared.Jer 1:6-8; 1Co 16:10,112 Samuel 7:2
Nathan.12:1; 1Ch 29:29I dwell.5:11; 1Ch 14:1; Jer 22:13-15; Hag 1:4the ark.Ps 132:5; Joh 2:17; Ac 7:46curtains.6:17; Ex 26:1-14; 40:21; 1Ch 16:1; 2Ch 1:4Psalms 5:7
But.55:16; Jos 24:15; Lu 6:11,12in the.51:1; 52:8; 69:13,16; Isa 55:7; Ro 5:20,21in thy.130:4; Ho 3:5; Ac 9:31; Heb 12:28,29; 1Pe 1:17-19I worship.28:2; 132:7; 138:2; 1Ki 8:29,30,35,38; Da 6:10; Heb 4:16thy holy temple. Heb. the temple of thy holiness.Isa 64:11Psalms 27:4
One.26:8; Lu 10:42; Php 3:13seek.8; Jer 29:13; Da 9:3; Mt 6:33; 7:7,8; Lu 11:9,10; 13:24; 18:1Heb 11:6dwell.23:6; 26:6; 65:4; 84:4,10; 1Sa 1:11; Lu 2:37; 1Ti 5:5behold.50:2; 63:2; 90:17; Zec 9:9; 2Co 3:18; 4:6beauty. or, delight.63:2-5enquire.1Sa 22:10; 30:8; 2Sa 21:1; 1Ch 10:13,14Psalms 29:9
maketh.Or as Bp. Lowth and others, "maketh the oaks to tremble and maketh bare the forests;" understanding {ayyaloth,} as denoting here, not hinds, but oaks, as it signifies in Syriac. Job 39:1-3calve. or, be in pain. discovereth.63:2; Isa 9:18; 10:18,19; Eze 20:46-48in his temple.46:2-5; 48:9; 134:1,2; 135:1,2doth, etc. or, every whit of it uttereth.
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