1Sa 1:28, 2:18, 3:1, 15 | TSK | STEP | lent him. or, returned him, whom I have obtained bypetition, to the Lord. The word {hishilteehoo}, "I have lent him," is the {Hiphil} conjugation of {shuäl,} "he asked," (ver. 27,) and refers to the name of Samuel. he shall be. or, he whom I have obtained by petition shallbe returned. he worshipped.

1 Samuel 1:28

lent him. or, returned him, whom I have obtained bypetition, to the Lord. The word {hishilteehoo}, "I have lent him," is the {Hiphil} conjugation of {shuäl,} "he asked," (ver. 27,) and refers to the name of Samuel.

he shall be. or, he whom I have obtained by petition shallbe returned. he worshipped.

Ge 24:26,48,52; 2Ti 3:15

1 Samuel 2:18

ministered.

11; 3:1

a linen ephod.

22:18; Ex 28:4; Le 8:7; 2Sa 6:14

1 Samuel 3:1

1 How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel.

11 God tells Samuel the destruction of Eli's house.

15 Samuel, though loath, tells Eli the vision.

19 Samuel grows in credit.

the child.

15; 2:11,18

the word.

21; Ps 74:9; Isa 13:12; Am 8:11,12

1 Samuel 3:15

opened.

1:9; Mal 1:10

Samuel.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 16:10,11